Building an inflation dashboard
The measures that help separate the latest print from trend, breadth, persistence, expectations, and market pricing.
Summary
A useful inflation dashboard combines headline and core measures with contribution, breadth, wage-sensitive services, leading inputs, and expectations.
Why it matters
A single year-over-year print can hide base effects and composition. Policy and market implications depend on what is driving the change and whether it is persistent.
What to watch
Monthly annualised trend
Contribution and breadth
Wages and housing
Breakevens and surveys
Research workflow
- 01Read the print
- 02Decompose the contribution
- 03Assess persistence
- 04Compare with policy pricing and real yields