Consumer prices edge higher; housing starts sink
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Consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2% last month, a government report showed 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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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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Core U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2  percent as expected in August, but the year-on-year rate of  nonfood, nonenergy inflation rose to 2.5 percent, the highest  level in more than eleven years, a Commerce Department report  showed on Friday.
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Falling energy costs pulled down  U.S. consumer prices last month, but core inflation rose and  housing starts staged their biggest jump in more than seven  years, according to data on Wednesday that bolstered  expectations for a steady diet of interest-rate rises.
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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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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages edged higher this week amid signs the economy is improving, stoking inflation concerns, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Consumer prices posted their biggest gain in more than two years in November as energy costs surged and a host of other prices marched higher, damping prospects of further interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
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Soaring U.S. home values in the first five years of this decade have left homeowners feeling flush, but housings costs also have risen sharply, cutting into stagnant incomes, Census Bureau data show.
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A drop in energy costs pulled U.S.  consumer prices down last month, but core inflation moved up  modestly and housing starts surged, according to data on  Wednesday that bolstered expectations for a steady diet of  interest-rate rises.
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As U.S. home purchases slow, an expected rise in demand for rentals will result in a spike in inflation, analysts say, citing studies showing housing costs have been under-reported by the government.
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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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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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The pace of existing U.S. home sales edged up in November from a record low, according to a report on Monday that offered some tentative signs of stabilization in the still-ailing housing market.
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The pace of existing U.S. home sales  edged up in November to a 5 million-unit annual rate and the  median price fell from a year earlier, the National Association  of Realtors said on Monday.
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Nationwide, consumer spending rose slowly, the residential housing market weakened further and energy prices soared, the Federal Reserve reported today.
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Surging energy costs drove up U.S.  consumer prices a hefty and larger-than-expected 0.6 percent  last month, while industrial output grew strongly after  rebounding from hurricanes and housing starts leapt, government  reports showed on Wednesday.
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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.