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CNN : Inflation is the worst in three years. Kevin Warsh says that’s not the full story
Positively frames trimmed-mean inflation measures as historically reliable and technically superior, despite current controversy
The article includes supportive research from Brookings and the Dallas Fed highlighting advantages of trimmed-mean PCE, such as better relationship with labor market slack and smaller revisions, lending credibility to Warsh’s position.
“Trimmed Mean PCE inflation has many advantages over core PCE, including a tighter relationship with labor market slack as well as smaller subsequent revisions”
CBC : Too soon to declare a recession, says Canada's unofficial authority on calling them
framed as showing stabilization, not crisis
The article concludes with positive labor market data — falling unemployment and first significant job gains since November — immediately after discussing recession concerns. This sequencing frames the overall economic picture as improving or stabilizing, countering crisis narratives.
“Statistics Canada also announced on Friday that the country's unemployment rate fell to 6.6 per cent in May, from 6.9 per cent a month before.”