by Calculated Risk on 5/10/2018 08:32:00 AM
Thursday, May 10, 2018
BLS: CPI increased 0.2% in April, Core CPI increased 0.1%
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis after falling 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 2.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.I'll post a graph later today after the Cleveland Fed releases the median and trimmed-mean CPI. This was slightly lower than the consensus forecast of a 0.3% for CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.
The indexes for gasoline and shelter were the largest factors in the seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index, although the food index increased as well. The gasoline index increased 3.0 percent, more than offsetting declines in other energy component indexes and led to a 1.4-percent rise in the energy index. The food index rose 0.3 percent, with the food at home index rising 0.3 percent and the index for food away from home increasing 0.2 percent.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in April. ... The all items index rose 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending April; this figure has been mostly trending upward since it was 1.6 percent for the period ending June 2017. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending April.
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