They will keep fiddling with the inputs till they get a number they like. It's all rigged and anyone who believes otherwise is a complete %$#@ When they reconfigured housing I knew they would do whatever is necessary to fool the public. How the CPI measures price change of Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence (OER) and Rent of primary residence (Rent) How the CPI measures price change of Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (OER) and Rent of primary residence (Rent) (bls.gov)
It is worth them fiddling the figures a bit to reduce the cost of inflation linked government debt products by lowering the return payments.