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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Core U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2  percent as expected in August, but a year-on-year inflation  index was at an 11-year high, pointing to risks of inflation, a  government report showed on Friday.
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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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Consumer prices rose by a mild 0.2 percent in November as costs for gasoline and food products calmed down after posting sharp increases the month before.
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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 that suggested the  Federal Reserve need not hurry to push interest rates higher.
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Consumer prices held steady in November, confounding expectations of a small rise, as energy and vehicle costs dropped, according to a government report on Friday that eased inflation worries.
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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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A key gauge of core U.S. consumer  prices rose a moderate 0.2 percent last month, but  inflation-adjusted spending advanced just 0.1 percent as energy  prices pressured shoppers, a government report showed on  Friday.
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Inflation at the consumer level rose by a larger-than-expected amount last month as falling energy prices only partially offset big increases in the cost of medical care, food, and airline tickets.
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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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Overall U.S. consumer prices and  costs excluding food and energy both rose 0.2 percent in  August, right in line with market expectations, according to a  Labor Department report on Friday that may help reassure the  Federal Reserve that inflation pressures are continuing to  ease.
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U.S. consumer prices rose more  slowly in November as a surge in energy costs a month earlier  moderated, the government said on Friday, but a pickup in the  annual rate of increases stirred inflation worries.
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holding off inflation worries for another month - though economists warned higher prices may be on the way. Prices paid by businesses fell
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U.S. core consumer prices kept  rising in October and new claims for unemployment benefits  unexpectedly shot higher last week, according to government  reports on Thursday that implied the economy faces continuing  pressure to keep growing without spurring inflation.
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Ok, so most consumer prices barely budged in August. Inflation is far from a threat now. And things, especially in Michigan, aren&#39;t exactly smoking.
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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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The pound was firmer as inflation data showed the key annual CPI rate staying stubbornly at 2.1 percent in December -- above the Bank of England's 2.0 percent target -- for the third month in a row.