Behind the Markets Podcast · Friday, July 17, 2026
Professor Jeremy Siegel noted a positive trend in housing costs, with owner-equivalent rents and outright rents finally moderating. This is seen as a crucial factor in keeping core inflation down.
“A real good trend that's going on is what's going on in, or unocuppied, uh, housing, uh, equivalent, uh, owner equivalent rents and rents outright are finally moderating as we've been, you know, looking forward to for quite a long time.”
“So, uh, you know, to keep that core down.”