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CPI Holds Steady in June

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For the second time in three months, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged from the prior month’s reading. Once again, energy prices weighed on topline CPI as the energy index fell for the third month in a row, contracting 1.4% from May 2012 and 3.9% versus June 2011. Gasoline prices fell throughout the month of… Read More ›

Sharp Decline in Energy Prices Pushes CPI Lower

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Today’s release for the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) showed a 0.3% decline between April and May 2012. The energy index accounted for most of the drag on topline CPI last month, falling an additional 4.3% after a 1.7% drop in April. The latest decline represented the largest percentage contraction in the energy index since December 2008—a… Read More ›

Falling Energy Prices Weigh on CPI

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged between March and April 2012. Energy prices played a major role once again in shaping the CPI’s trajectory, but this month it put downward pressure on the overall CPI as the CPI for energy slumped 1.7 percent versus March. Gasoline accounted… Read More ›

Energy Prices Continue to Push CPI Higher

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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3% on a month-to-month basis during March 2012. Once again, energy prices boosted the topline reading on the month-to-month change in price levels, as the CPI for energy jumped 0.9%, after registering a 3.2% increase in February. Retail gasoline prices averaged $3.91 nationally (across all formulations) in March, surging 7.4%… Read More ›

Surging Gasoline Prices Boost Overall CPI in March

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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) jumped 0.4% on a month-to-month basis during February 2012. Although the core and food CPI indices registered very modest gains, energy prices increased 3.2% and accounted for the vast majority of last month’s gain in the overall CPI. In fact, had natural gas prices not posted their fifth consecutive month-to-month decline,… Read More ›

CPI Rises as Core Index and Energy Prices Climb Higher; Real Rents Inch Lower to kick off 2012

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% on a month-to-month basis during January 2012. Price levels rose across a fairly broad base of categories, as the core, energy and food indexes all registered increases compared to December. If not for the fact that natural gas prices continue to slump… Read More ›

Consumer Price Index Bounces Back in July

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) bounced back in July, following a slight decline in June that ended an eleven-month run of increases. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a 0.5% (SA) increase in the CPI for All Urban Consumers in July, following a 0.2% decline in June. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index has increased 3.6% (NSA)…. Read More ›

Consumer Price Index Down in June

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The steady rise of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ended in June, ending an eleven-month run of gains that started last July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a 0.2% (SA) rate of decline in the CPI for All Urban Consumers in June. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index has increased 3.6% (NSA). Gasoline prices had been… Read More ›