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Tame March CPI Supports Market Recovery

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 8:45 am

The U.S. Labor Department has provided retail inflation data via the March Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPI came in at -0.2% on the headline report, with only a gain of 0.1% ...
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Gasoline Prices Hike Consumer Prices

Posted: March 15, 2013 at 8:55 am

The U.S. Labor Department this morning reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February rose 0.7%, led by a 9.1% spike in gasoline prices. CPI is up 2% over ...
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Despite QE-Led Money Printing, Inflation Remains Elusive

Posted: January 16, 2013 at 8:47 am

Investors saw a slew of economic data on Tuesday, and in that data was a reading that wholesale inflation was under control. That should have put fears aside that inflation ...
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Inflation Remains Within Targets in November

Posted: December 14, 2012 at 8:46 am

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its reading on inflation. In November, the Consumer Price Index was -0.3% on the headline, and the core rate, excluding food and ...
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Massive Surprise in Jobless Claims and Uptick in Consumer Prices

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 8:45 am

Thursday brought a lot of economic reports for the markets to absorb. The Labor Department reported its October inflation report via the Consumer Price Index, and it also released a ...
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Consumer Prices Steady in July

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 9:11 am

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) did not change in July due to lower energy costs offsetting slightly higher ...
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CPI Shows Inflation Ignores Food and Energy

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 8:44 am

The retail inflation reading for the month of June has now been released by the Labor Department. The Consumer Price Index for the month of June came in on a ...
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Current Account, Inflation & Jobless Claims Not Enough For QE3 & Twist Pressure

Posted: June 14, 2012 at 8:41 am

This Thursday brought many economic reports, none of which are very good for the bulls.  The bulls have another worry here as well and that is that the weakness seen ...
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April CPI: Inflation Fears Fade

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:55 am

The Labor Department is out with its reading on inflation for the month of April.  The Consumer Price Index was effectively flat and in-line with the Dow Jones target of ...
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CPI Inflation Data Higher But Still Not Too Hot

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 8:41 am

The Labor Department's report on producer prices took out some of the inflation fears on Thursday and now we have the reading for the Consumer Price Index for the month ...
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CPI Puts Balance Between Inflation & Deflation Cases

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 8:41 am

The Labor Department has just released its data on retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index.  This was the December 2011 level and the figure came to +0.1% on ...
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PPI Neutrality… No Inflation; No Deflation

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:35 am

The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released the December 2011 producer price index as a measurement of wholesale inflation in the United States.  The December figure came ...
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The Elusive Inflation Data for Consumers

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 8:39 am

Wholesale inflation continues, but the supply side is having a hard time passing on the price increases if the Labor Department is right on its inflation data.  The February Consumer ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/15/2010) CPI, Zuckerberg Man Of The Year

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 9:00 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (7/30/2010): Facebook IPO, Disney Dumps Miramax

Posted: July 30, 2010 at 7:43 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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