May consumer prices up 0.7 pct, core prices tame
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A steady rise in food and energy costs pushed overall U.S. consumer prices up 0.7 percent in May, the sharpest gain in more than 1-1/2 years, but prices that strip out volatile food and energy barely edged up, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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Core U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2  percent as expected in August, but the year-on-year rate of  nonfood, nonenergy inflation rose to 2.5 percent, the highest  level in more than eleven years, a Commerce Department report  showed on Friday.
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U.S. consumer prices rose more than  expected in January despite a dip in energy prices, as medical  costs jumped, according to a Labor Department report on  Wednesday that revived worries of inflation.
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U.S. consumer prices rose modestly  in November as energy costs that had shot up a month earlier  and fanned inflation fears posted only a small gain last month,  the Labor Department said on Friday.
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U.S. consumer prices rose an  as-expected 0.2 percent last month, a government report showed  on Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push  so-called core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.
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The U.S. personal consumption  expenditures price index, excluding food and energy, advanced  by 1.9 percent in May from a year earlier, according to a  government report on Friday that is likely to give the Federal  Reserve some assurance it is making progress in its effort to  curb inflation.
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U.S. consumer prices inched up just 0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation spike earlier this year was an aberration.
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Consumer prices &#151; stoked by more expensive gasoline as well as pricier fruits and vegetables &#151; heated up in October, rising by 0.6 percent, the biggest gain in five months.
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Consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2% last month, a government report showed Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push so-called core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.
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Consumer prices rose just 0.1 percent in August, a sign that inflation poses no immediate risk to the economy. The over-the-month-increase in the Consumer Price Index, the government&#39;s most closely watched
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U.S. incomes and spending rose in October, providing the means for consumers to keep spending as the holiday shopping season approached, while core consumer prices rose modestly, the government reported on Thursday.
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A drop in energy costs pulled U.S.  consumer prices down last month, but core inflation moved up  modestly and housing starts surged, according to data on  Wednesday that bolstered expectations for a steady diet of  interest-rate rises.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. incomes and spending rose as  expected in December, while core consumer prices gained less  than anticipated, suggesting inflation is contained, a  government report showed on Thursday.
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Consumer prices rose slightly in August, easing fears that inflation, which surged earlier this year, would rapidly pick up steam.
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Core U.S. consumer prices rose by a  less-than-expected 0.1 percent in July, showing stable prices  that held the year-on-year rate of nonfood, nonenergy inflation  to 1.9 percent for the second month in a row, the Commerce  Department said on Friday.
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US inflation rose more quickly than expected in May, as higher petrol costs hit consumer prices.
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which jumped steeply the previous month - increased only modestly, official figures showed yesterday. Inflation