CPI up 0.5 percent in January and 2.1 percent year-on-year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in January, and was up 2.1 percent year-on-year. The index for all items less food and energy (i.e., core inflation) increased 0.3 percent in January, and was up 1.8 percent year-on-year.

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July CPI up 0.1 percent from June and 1.7 percent year-on-year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 1.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent, the fourth month in a row it increased by that amount and up 1.7 percent over the previous 12 months.

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CPI rose 0.2 percent in April, up 2.2 percent over past year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in April. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 2.2 percent before seasonal adjustment.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in April after declining in March.  The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent over the last 12 months; this compares to a 1.8 percent average annual increase over the past decade.

Consumer spending spiked 1.0 percent in April as annual core inflation remained at 1.6 percent

U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than six years in April, rising by 1.0 percent. In the 12 months through April the core inflation index rose 1.6 percent.

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