Figure 3. Rent inflation and real housing consumption relative to general trends, 1959–2024

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Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, (dataset), December 4, 2025, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Z9Ox. Price Ratio: Personal consumption expenditures: Services: Housing and utilities: Housing (chain-type price index) [DHSGRG3A086NBEA]/Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index [PCEPI]. Real Ratio: Real personal consumption expenditures: Services: Housing and utilities: Housing (chain-type quantity index) [DHSGRA3A086NBEA]/Real personal consumption expenditures (chain-type quantity index) [DPCERA3M086SBEA].