by Calculated Risk on 4/17/2015 08:32:00 AM
Friday, April 17, 2015
BLS: CPI increased 0.2% in March, Core CPI increased 0.2%
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index declined 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.I'll post a graph later today after the Cleveland Fed releases the median and trimmed-mean CPI. This was lower than the consensus forecast of a 0.2% increase for CPI, and at the forecast of a 0.2% increase in core CPI.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in March, the same increase as in January and February.
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