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But the increase was nowhere near an American record. Inflation hit 17.8% in 1917, the year the United States entered World War I. Prices increased at double digit rates for each of the next three ...
Highlights of the latest statistics on inflation. Overall inflation in March 2024: 3.5%, up from 3.2% in February Core prices (excluding food and energy): 3.8%, no improvement from last month’s ...
The Fed had kept its rate that high for more than a year to fight the worst inflation streak in four decades. Annual inflation has since fallen from a 9.1% peak in mid-2022 to a 3 1/2-year low of ...
The central bank’s action lowered its key rate to roughly 4.8%, down from a two-decade high of 5.3%, where it had stood for 14 months as it struggled to curb the worst inflation streak in four ...
The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
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Inflation (Consumer price index, or CPI): up 2.4% from a year ago, a slight slowdown from 2.5% during the Fed’s last meeting CPI, excluding food and energy: 3.3%, up from 3.2%
The shelter index, a broader component of the inflation report that covers a majority of housing expenses, is up 5.7% year-over-year. That alone accounted for 60% of the overall annual rise in ...