Consumer prices inch higher
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The Labor Department reported Friday inflation at the retail level as measured by the consumer price index grew 0.2 percent in November as prices of gasoline and some types of food dropped.
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Wholesale inflation rose last month at the fastest pace in more than 14 years, largely because of steep jumps in energy and food costs, the government reported yesterday, raising concerns that businesses may be under growing pressure to raise consumer prices.
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WASHINGTON - Consumer prices in October posted their biggest increase in five months, pinching people&#39;s pocketbooks at the gasoline pump and at the grocery store.
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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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A steady rise in food and energy  costs pushed overall U.S. consumer prices up 0.7 percent in  May, the sharpest rise in 1-1/2 years, a government report  showed on Friday.
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U.S. 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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A leap in gasoline prices pushed the overall rate of inflation higher last month, but consumer prices nationwide generally appear to be increasing at a consistently slower rate.
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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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Consumer prices rose a relatively modest 0.3 percent in December but for all of 2007 prices shot up at the fastest rate in seventeen years, largely because of soaring energy costs, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday.
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(Washington-AP) Nov. 17, 2004 - The Labor Department&#39;s Consumer Price Index shows a larger-than-expected gain, but combined with Thursday&#39;s reading on wholesale inflation, analysts say the picture is one where
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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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WASHINGTON -- Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years, even though prices generally remained tame outside of those two areas.
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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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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 suggesting an inflation  spike earlier this year was an aberration.
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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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Core U.S. consumer prices rose a  moderate 0.2 percent last month, as expected, but  inflation-adjusted spending advanced just 0.1 percent as high  energy prices ate into disposable income, a government report  showed on Friday.
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Consumer prices &#151; stoked by more expensive gasoline as well as pricier fruits and vegetables &#151; heated up in October, rising by 0.6 percent, the biggest gain in five months.