U.S. Import Prices Up 1.7% in January
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Higher prices for oil and food powered the rise in import prices, while export prices increased 1.2 percent, the largest rise since January 1989, the government said.
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Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of the slowest driving months of the year. That's leading experts to predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.
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The current account deficit of the United States hit a record high of 164.7 billion US dollars in the third quarter of this year as a result of increasing demand for imported
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US consumer price growth rose by 0.4% in January, official figures show, more than many analysts forecast.
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U.S. industrial production rose 0.1 percent in January as expected and manufacturing output was unchanged, while manufacturing capacity utilization was at its lowest in almost a year, a Federal Reserve report showed on Friday.
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The cost of goods imported into the United States rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in September, a government report showed on Thursday, as petroleum import costs rose a modest 0.6 percent.
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Investor's Business Daily - A 1% rise in June import prices was led by a 4.7% increase in imported petroleum prices, the Labor Dept. said. Headline prices topped a 0.7% increase forecast by Wall Street. Excluding oil, prices rose 0.2% after a 0.5% increase the month before. Export prices rose 0.3%.
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A key forecasting gauge for the U.S. economy rose for the second straight month, but at a smaller-than-expected 0.1 percent in January, a report from a private research group said on Wednesday.
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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. producer prices shot up 1.7  percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and  well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food  prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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China&#39;s total trade volume will reach 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2004 -- up 30 percent over 2003 --with a trade surplus of about 10 billion US dollars, said Assistant Minister of Commerce Yi Xiaozhun.
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Food and health care costs drove consumer prices to a 0.2 percent increase in January.
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Wholesale prices, pushed by sharply higher energy and food costs, soared by 1.7 percent in October, the largest increase since early 1990.
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Over the last 12 months, U.S. exports of goods have risen at a faster rate than imports, in contrast to the situation for most of the last decade.
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U.S. personal spending jumped a much bigger-than-expected 1.1 percent in November, the sharpest rise in more than two years, while prices rose, a Commerce Department report showed on Friday.
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JapanÂs trade surplus was sharply higher in August compared with a year earlier as companies shipped more cars and steel to global markets. The trade surplus widened 95.5 percent, to 200.5 billion yen ($1.71 billion) as exports to the United States grew 19.3 percent and sales to China expanded 20 percent, government data showed. The value of exports of automobiles to the United States rose 49.3 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace since January 1997.
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Rising food costs helped push  consumer prices up for a second straight month in January by  0.4 percent, more than offsetting a moderation in energy price  rises as inflation showed signs of gaining steam, according to  a Labor Department report on Wednesday.