Topic: Consumer Price Index
China's consumer prices rose at their slowest pace in over a year in November, data showed Friday, vindicating Beijing's decision to relax credit restrictions to prevent a painful economic slowdown.The country's consumer price index, a key gauge of ...
Japan's core consumer prices edged down 0.1 percent in October from a year earlier in line with market expectations, government data showed Friday.The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile food prices, rose for the three months to September ...
A sharp drop in energy prices pushed US consumer inflation slightly lower in October after three months of increases, official data showed Wednesday.The Labor Department said its consumer price index fell 0.1 percent from September, surprising analysts who forecast the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices fell in October for the first time in four months as Americans paid less for new cars and gasoline, although prices outside of food and energy posted a slight increase, the Labor Department said on ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's consumer inflation is likely to ease below 5 percent by November and December, a senior official at the country's economic planner said in remarks published on Monday, raising hopes Beijing can contain prices that have held near ...
Canadian consumer prices rose 3.2 percent in the 12 months to September, due mainly to higher gasoline and food prices, a government agency said Friday.This followed a 3.1 percent pace in August.On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose ...
US consumer prices climbed modestly in September, with the overall rise driven mainly by energy prices, the US Labor Department reported Wednesday.The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent from August, the department said.It was the third straight month ...
In their November 3rd press release, the Fed justified the current round of quantitative easing "to promote a stronger pace of economic recovery...
Friday's reports on employment were disappointing in that the unemployment rate increased to 9.8%, up from 9.6% last month.. . The trend has been...
The following is a guest post from Marotta Asset Management. (Editor's note: The author is from Virginia, hence the reference at the end.) An old...
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Economics 101: Consumer Price Index
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