Inflation Continues to Edge Up
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A new inflation report raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will back away from cutting interest rates again.
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Consumer prices rose faster than most workers' wages last year, as surging energy prices pushed inflation to the highest level in four years, the Labor Department said yesterday.
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Inflation in China reached a 27-month high last month, but separate figures for growth in the money supply and loans suggested that the broader economy was not yet overheating.
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Wages rose faster than expected in the June-August period but analysts say the increases are still not high enough to cause inflation worries at the Bank of England.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday inflation at the consumer level remained tame in August. The consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in August, reversing a 0.1 percent decline in July, the Labor Department said.
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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 core  inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.
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A 2p increase in the average cost of petrol, as a result of surging crude oil prices, helped push UK inflation higher in October.
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Prices at the wholesale level edged up modestly in August, providing further evidence that inflation pressures are easing.
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Sterling was steady despite news that UK inflation is running above the path previously projected by the Bank of England, suggesting that the door has not closed on the possibility of another interest rate hike this year.
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Inflation looks set to remain above the government's 2% target when the latest figures are released later on Tuesday.
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Bond prices edged higher Tuesday, following release of a report showing a dip in retail sales last month. The price of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 5/32 point, or $1.
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The government&#39;s latest Consumer Price Index shows little, if any, sign of inflation. The August CPI is up one-tenth of one percent.
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The economic expansion has firmed, yet inflation remains tame, Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan said Wednesday. That buttressed economists' view that the Fed for now will stick with its gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers are likely to keep bumping up short-term interest rates this year, a defense against an inflation flare-up now that the economic expansion is on firm footing.
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The annual inflation rate edged higher in October, in line with expectations, owing to higher petrol prices and gas and electricity charges, official data shows.
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Wholesale prices climbed by 0.5 percent in November  --  an improvement compared with the previous month's surge, but still fresh evidence that inflation is picking up as the economy gains momentum.
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Inflation rose to 1.5 percent in November from 1.2 percent in October, driven by increases in transport and energy costs, official figures showed.