Consumer Prices Decline, Housing Rebounds
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After months of being buffeted by higher energy costs, consumer prices posted a rare decline in July while output at U.S. factories and construction of new homes and apartments rebounded from their June swoon.
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(Washington-AP) Aug. 17, 2004 - A drop in the cost of gasoline sent overall consumer prices down in July for the first time in eight months.
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After months of being buffeted by higher energy costs, consumer prices posted a rare decline in July while output at US factories and construction of new homes and apartments rebounded from their June swoon.
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Higher food costs boosted U.S. inflation, while an indicator of future home construction was the weakest in a decade, signaling continuing deterioration in housing, reports showed on Wednesday.
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Consumer prices unexpectedly dipped 0.1 percent last month and new home construction hit a 12-year low, data on Wednesday showed, underlining concerns about the country's economic outlook.
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The economy has slowed down. Gasoline prices hit new highs in early August. And the once-soaring housing sector is rapidly losing altitude, raising concerns it could drag the whole country into a recession.
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A sharp drop in energy prices pulled U.S. consumer prices down 0.1 percent last month, but underlying inflation continued a steady advance, according to a government report on Wednesday that could bolster expectations for a steady diet of interest-rate rises.
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Average U.S. home prices rose 7.73 percent over the 12 months to September 30, but the quarter-to-quarter gain was the lowest since 1998 and indicates a sharp deceleration in house price gains, the U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.
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NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings)  The US consumer prices declined for the first time in the past eight months in July this year, driven by the reduced gasoline, clothing and transportation costs during the month.
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America's consumers came off a buying binge and were somewhat less jolly spenders in November. New-home sales, meanwhile, cooled from a record high, while demand for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded.
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Consumer prices fell 0.1 percent as energy costs fell, keeping pace with the yearâs slowdown in inflation and offering some comfort to Fed officials after yesterdayâs half-point rate cut.
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HOPES that interest rates may have peaked were given a boost today after official figures revealed a slump in inflation. The Consumer Prices Index fell to 1.1% in September, down from 1.3% in August, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as signs of   housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for   interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for   consumer spending and corporate profits.
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U.S. consumers' appetite for home  refinancing and purchasing dropped last week even though  mortgage rates declined, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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The Mortgage Bank Association announced a decline in home loan appilcations. Department of Labor announces a spike in CPI rates.
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Average U.S. home prices rose 0.5  percent in the first quarter from the prior quarter and 4.3  percent from a year earlier, but price appreciation was the  slowest in a decade, the U.S. Office of Federal Housing  Enterprise Oversight reported Thursday.
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Consumers undeterred by escalating credit problems and a weakening housing market went on a back-to-school buying spree last month, helping many retailers rebound from July's disappointing sales. But analysts are still worried that economic concerns might curtail shopping in the critical months ahead.