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US producer prices rose for the month of June, comfortably beating analyst expectations and rising by the fastest pace in nearly three years according to data just release by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Surging prices for gasoline helped lift input prices...
Rising tensions within global financial markets were the dominant concerns among Fed officials according to minutes just released from their June policy meeting, leading to yet another delay in the Fed’s widely anticipated normalization of interest rate policy....
May CPI numbers released by the BLS came broadly in line with expectations, with headline inflation posting an increase of 0.4% versus expectations of 0.5%. The core measure, excluding food and energy, rose 0.1% versus consensus estimates of 0.2%. Rebounding gasoline...
CPI for April came in broadly inline with market expectations with core inflation (ex Food and Energy) rising +0.3% MoM vs expectations of +0.2%. Broader CPI rose +0.1% bang inline with market forecasts. Annualized figures show a persistent deflationary trend,...
Financial commentary and analysis is usually heavily peppered with “since Lehman” or “Post-Lehman” comparison statistics and conjecture. 2008 were some of the darkest days ever for financial markets; the losses worldwide were truly staggering and we are still...
Official March inflation data from the BLS was a mixed bag with headline CPI continuing to remain under pressure, but a significant rise in Core CPI ex Food and Energy was enough to trigger knee jerk uncertainty about the outlook for the Fed’s immediate interest rate...
The U.S. economy got a little economic boost today with a stronger-than-expected CPI reading for February, and a strong Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) that continued to project GDP growth. Headline CPI and core CPI both came in 0.2% higher than January, as slight...
Inflation is one of the most important economic indicators for everyone, especially for investors, businesses, retirees, and policymakers. It affects the cost of groceries, rent, mortgage rates, wages, savings accounts, bond yields, retirement planning, and even the...
CPI stands for Consumer Price Index, and it is a measure of inflation. It is calculated by measuring the change in a specific group of goods and services over time. The CPI is calculated by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. What the CPI Measures The CPI measures the...
CPI data is used to calculate inflation with the following general formula: CPI1 = initial CPI CPI2 = final CPI Inflation = (CPI2-CPI1)/CPI1 Since two CPI values define inflation, the consumer price index has a large effect on reported inflation. CPI and Inflation...
| Monthly | Yearly | |
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| April 2026 |
0.6% 
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3.8%
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