by Calculated Risk on 2/17/2012 08:35:00 AM
Friday, February 17, 2012
BLS: CPI increases 0.2% in January
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis ... Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.9 percent before seasonal adjustment. ...I'll post a graph later today after the Cleveland Fed releases the median and trimmed-mean CPI. This was below the consensus forecast of a 0.3% increase in CPI.
The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in January. The shelter index increased 0.2 percent, with the indexes for rent, owners' equivalent rent, and lodging away from home all rising 0.2 percent.