San Francisco Consumer Price Index (CPI) Update
December 23, 2008
December’s CPI number’s are not yet out, but the latest numbers indicate that inflation has turned into deflation as of October. The graph and data indicate YoY (12-month) changes in the inflation rate for the San Francisco Region, Wage Earners and Clerical Workers index. The latest available data indicates an annual rate of increase in [...]
Read More >>San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index (CPI) Up 4.7% Year over Year
August 5, 2008
For the first time since the dot-com era of 1999-2001, inflation rates in the San Francisco Bay Area have increased at more than a 4.5% annualized rate. Many tenants over the past several years have accepted CPI as the determining factor for annual rent escalations. For several years, the CPI method paid off (assuming a [...]
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