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Friday, February 17, 2012

BLS: CPI increases 0.2% in January

by Calculated Risk on 2/17/2012 08:35:00 AM

From the BLS:

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis ... Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.9 percent before seasonal adjustment. ...

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in January. The shelter index increased 0.2 percent, with the indexes for rent, owners' equivalent rent, and lodging away from home all rising 0.2 percent.
I'll post a graph later today after the Cleveland Fed releases the median and trimmed-mean CPI. This was below the consensus forecast of a 0.3% increase in CPI.