That's partly because shelter and rent still contribute to most of the core consumer price index. (businessinsider.com)
As a result of this connection, for every 1 % annual increase in in consumer prices since 1992, copper's price jumped almost 18 %. (money.stackexchange.com)
The median expectation of consumer price inflation over the year ahead now stands at 3.5 per cent, compared with levels of well over 4 per cent in the previous couple of years. (rba.gov.au)