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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by less in the month of May than Bloomberg had predicted.
Deflation has started to take hold in the United Kingdom and threatens several other large economies.
The U.S. Labor Department's headline Consumer Price Index for November posted its largest decline in almost six years.
The U.S. Department of Labor's November Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading came in flat against a Bloomberg consensus estimate.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday morning.
ThinkstockThursday was a busy morning for economic reports, but we would caution that these reports are on the heels of the Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting results on Wednesday. The Philadelphia...
ThinkstockAre we supposed to be worrying about inflationary pressures or deflationary pressure in the months ahead? That answer is one in which beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Import and export...
ThinkstockThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the month of March did not follow the exact same gains as last week’s Producer Price Index. That generally takes two months or even more before producers...
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) must believe that it actually is the dominant force in everyday low prices. It means to prove that point by offering customers the...
ThinkstockThe Labor Department has released its latest report on retail inflation via the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Prices in February were up 0.1% on the headline CPI. Core inflation, excluding...
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department is out with two different reports on Thursday, both of which matter in the grand scheme of things. January inflation via the Consumer Price Index...
ThinkstockJanuary’s Producer Price Index has been released, and the wholesale inflation report is looking a bit more heated than what was expected. This report may be skewed or harder to compare on...
Jon OggStocks have pulled back from new all-time highs and interest rates have risen more than 100 basis points on the longer-end of the yield curve. Investors are expecting a tapering effect of the...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department has released its inflation report for the month of June. Its Consumer Price Index (CPI), measuring consumer inflation, showed that prices were up by 0.5% on the...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department already released its reading for wholesale prices via the Producer Price Index for May, and now we have the retail inflation data coming via the Consumer Price...