Consumer Prices Inch Up; Inflation Fears Continue to Fade
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September 17, 2004 -- Consumer prices rose only 0.1 percent in August, led by a decline in gas and car prices, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
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Mainland inflation eased in November as food prices slowed their climb. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8 per cent from November 2003, the smallest year-on-year increase since February&#39;s 2.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
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Inflation continued to creep up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut.
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Consumer prices calmed down in November, helped by smaller increases in energy and food. That means the Federal Reserve probably will continue raising interest rates only gradually to keep inflation under control.
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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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US 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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Higher-than-expected U.S. consumer prices last month chilled hopes that the Federal Reserve will drop a policy bias to hike interest rates and served a terse reminder that inflation remains a threat.
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Core U.S. inflation rose less than   expected in July, but the year-over-year pace remained   elevated, according to a government report on Thursday that the   inflation-wary Federal Reserve will examine.
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US consumer prices accelerated in September, a gain that may strengthen the Federal Reserve&#39;s resolve to increase interest rates to head off inflation as oil prices surge.
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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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US consumer prices rose a mild 0.2 percent last month, but a sharp jump in lodging costs pushed core inflation unexpectedly ahead at its quickest pace in five months, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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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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Pushed by higher energy prices, US consumer prices rose in October, the Labor Department said today. The seasonally adjusted consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in October, the largest gain since May.
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WASHINGTON -- Inflation at the consumer level rose by a larger-than-expected amount in January as falling energy prices only partially offset big increases in the cost of medical care, food and airline tickets.
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Inflation crept up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut this month.
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US consumer prices rose by 0.2% last month, a US government report showed this afternoon, but the core inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in five months.
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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.