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The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3% over the prior year in January, an uptick from December's 2.9% annual gain in prices.
The CPI increased 2.9% over the prior year in December, an uptick from November's 2.7% annual gain in prices. The yearly increase matched economist expectations. The yearly increase matched ...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) revealed headline inflation rose 0.1% over last month and 4% over the prior year in May, a slowdown from April's 0.4% month-over-month increase and 4.9% annual gain.
However, from December 1982 through December 2011, the all-items CPI-E rose at an annual average rate of 3.1 percent, compared with increases of 2.9 percent for both the CPI-U and CPI-W. [28] This suggests that the elderly have been losing purchasing power at the rate of roughly 0.2 (=3.1–2.9) percentage points per year.
The reported results were $0.35 per share above the consensus earnings estimate of $2.34 per share. A number of analysts had indicated in the days and weeks leading up to its earnings release that they expected the company to beat estimates and the Earnings Whisper (R) number was $2.70 per share.
December 11, 2024 at 1:03 PM FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Inflation rose 2.7% on an annual basis in November, according to the latest government report on the Consumer Price Index, or CPI.
In 1996, the Advisory Committee to Study the Consumer Price Index (the Boskin Commission) estimated that in 1996 CPI-W (used to adjust Social Security) over-estimated inflation 1.1 percent. The BLS responded by making changes to the CPI-U and CPI-W, which included an adjustment to compensate for upper-level substitution bias , performed each ...
Prices in March rose 0.1% on a monthly basis and 5% from the prior year. Economists had expected prices in April to rise 0.4% month-over-month and 5% over last year, according to data from Bloomberg.