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US Inflation Picked Up In December but Underlying Price Pressures Eased
The report presents a mixed picture, with consumers still grappling with high prices for essentials such as groceries, housing, and some services such as air fares. read more >
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US Inflation Ticked Up Last Month as Some Price Pressures Remain Persistent
Wednesday's inflation figures from the Labor Department are the final major piece of data that Federal Reserve officials will consider before they meet next week to decide on interest rates. read more >
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US Inflation Rose Slightly Last Month After 2 Years of Steady Cooling but Remained Low
Most of the September-to-October increase in consumer prices reflected a rise in rents and housing costs, a trend that Fed officials expect to fade in the coming months. read more >
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US Inflation Reaches Lowest Point In 3 Years, Though Some Price Pressures Remain
Taken as a whole, the September figures show that inflation is steadily easing back to the Fed's 2% target, even if in an uneven pattern. That decline suggests that the Fed will likely keep cutting its benchmark interest rate this year. read more >
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US Inflation Reaches a 3-year Low as Federal Reserve Prepares to Cut Interest Rates
A key reason for last month's drop in overall inflation was the third drop in gas prices in the past four months: Average gas prices fell 0.6% from July to August and are down 10.6% from a year ago. read more >
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US Inflation Cools Again, Potentially Paving Way for Fed to Cut Interest Rates Soon
Even as inflation slows, though, the costs of food, rent, health care and other necessities remain much higher than they were before the pandemic — a source of public discontent. read more >
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US Inflation Cooled in May in a Sign That Price Pressures May be Easing
Consumer prices excluding volatile food and energy costs — the closely watched “core” index — rose 0.2% from April to May, the government said Wednesday. read more >
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US Inflation Eased Last Month in The First Slowdown of 2024
Consumer prices rose 0.3% from March to April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down slightly from 0.4% the previous month. read more >
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Retail Sales in Arkansas Slow in 2023
Total retail spending in Arkansas increased 2.4% in 2023 compared with 2022, according to economist Michael Pakko. In the U.S., total retail spending rose 2.6% last year compared with the […] read more >
Federal Reserve Minutes: Some Officials Highlighted Worsening Inflation Last Month
Still, almost all the officials, according to the minutes, favored cutting their benchmark rate at some point this year. read more >
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Higher Gas and Rents Keep US Inflation Elevated, Likely Delaying Fed Rate Cuts
The costs of owning a vehicle were a key reason why prices jumped last month: Auto insurance surged 2.6% in March and are up a dramatic 22% from a year ago. read more >
US Inflation Up Again in February, The Latest Sign That Price Pressures Remain Elevated
Prices rose 0.4% from January to February, higher than the previous month’s figure of 0.3%, the Labor Department said Tuesday. read more >
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US Inflation Slows in January, but Remains Elevated
The prices of services — hotel rooms, restaurant meals, auto insurance, apartment rents and the like — are still rising faster than they did before the pandemic and keeping overall inflation persistently high. read more >
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Inflation Slowed Further in December, Bringing ‘Soft Landing’ Into Focus
Friday’s government report showed that prices rose just 0.2% from November to December, a pace consistent with pre-pandemic levels and barely above the Fed's 2% annual target. read more >
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Inflation Eased Slightly Last Month as Gas Prices Fell, Though Some Costs Kept Surging
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation ticked down again last month, with cheaper gas helping further lighten the weight of consumer price increases in the United States. At the same time, […] read more >
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US Inflation Eased Slightly in September
Consumer prices rose 0.4% from August to September, below the previous month's 0.6% pace. read more >
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Consumer Price Growth Slowed Last Month as Inflation Shows Signs of Steady Decline
Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4% in May — the lowest 12-month figure in over two years and well below April's 4.9% annual rise. read more >
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US Prices Stay High, Showing Inflation Pressures Persist
Prices increased 0.4% from March to April, the government said Wednesday, up sharply from a 0.1% rise from February to March. Compared with a year earlier, prices climbed 4.9%, down slightly from March's year-over-year increase. read more >
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US Inflation Slows to 6.4%, but Price Pressures Re-Emerge
So far, most of the slowdown in inflation reflects freer-flowing supply chains and earlier declines in gas prices. read more >
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US Consumer Inflation Eased Again to 6.5% in December
Even as inflation gradually slows, it remains a painful reality for many Americans, especially with such necessities as food, energy and rents having soared over the past 18 months. read more >
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