CPI: Headline Unchanged; Core Prices Up 0.1 Percent

In February, the Consumer Price Index was unchanged following five consecutive months of 0.2 percent increases. Prices were held back by the price of energy products, which fell by 0.5 percent. The core CPI, which excludes prices of food and energy, rose 0.1 percent. From a year prior, the CPI was 2.2 percent higher. This was down from a 2.8 percent rise in December, however up from negative year-over-year changes as recently as October. The core CPI was up by a lesser 1.3 percent from a year prior, a new cyclical low.



10.03.18 (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)