Market Intelligence Center  41 min ago  Comment 
U.S. markets are trading higher today following a flood of economic reports yesterday. Perhaps the most important yesterday was the April CPI report, which showed that consumer prices were down 0.4% during the month. The lower CPI means that the...
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US: Eco data disappoint The initial jobless claims jumped to 360 000 from a revised 328 000 the... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
Financial Times  May 16  Comment 
The easing of inflation pressures leaves Treasury Inflation Protected Securities looking expensive and is set to increase pressure on investors who bought insurance against the risk of higher consumer prices
Benzinga  May 16  Comment 
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.4 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was the first consecutive decline in the index since 2008;...
MarketWatch  May 16  Comment 
Treasurys rose Thursday after data showed rising jobless claims, weaker housing starts, and a fall in consumer prices. The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits rose to a six-week high of 360,000, missing expectations of...
Clusterstock  May 16  Comment 
Minutes ago, we got the April reading of consumer prices. Not only did the numbers reflect a complete absence of inflation, they also showed that economists continue to overestimate inflation. Headline CPI fell by 0.4% which was more than the...
MarketWatch  May 16  Comment 
U.S. consumer prices fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in April, as sharply lower gasoline costs offset a small increase in food prices, the Labor Department said Thursday. Energy prices sank 4.3%, led by a 8.1% drop in gasoline. Food prices rose...
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Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Economic+Data/April+CPI+-0.4.%25+vs+-0.3%25+Expected%2C+Ex-Food+%26+Energy+0.1%25+vs+0.2%25/8345938.html for the full story.
MarketWatch  May 16  Comment 
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON) - New-home construction and consumer inflation probably fell in April and weekly jobless claims likely rose, according to economists polled by MarketWatch. All three reports will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Housing...
Clusterstock  May 16  Comment 
US stock markets closed at all-time highs yesterday and futures are currently pointing to a positive open. We're about to get a ton of data that could quickly change the momentum of this market. Here's a preview of upcoming events courtesy of...




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This article is about the Consumer Price Index. For the article on the company with ticker CPI or companies named CPI, see CPI (disambiguation).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI, or headline inflation) provides data on the month-over-month and year-over-year changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. It is the main inflation report for the futures and financial markets. Unexpected rises in this indicator usually lead to falling bond prices, rising interest rates, and increased market volatility.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) measures two kinds of CPI statistics: CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W), and the chained CPI for all urban consumers (C-CPI-U). Of the two types of CPI, the C-CPI-U is a better representation of the general public, because it accounts for about 87% of the population. On top of that, the BLS also calculates Core CPI Index, which excludes goods with volatile prices like food and energy in order to measure core inflation. Consumer prices are important because consumer buying drives the economy. CPI examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food and medical care. The CPI is calculated by taking price changes for each item in the predetermined basket of goods and averaging them; the goods are weighted according to their importance. Changes in CPI are used to assess price changes associated with the cost of living.

CPI is one of the most frequently used statistics for identifying periods of inflation or deflation. This is because large rises in CPI during a short period of time typically denote periods of inflation and large drops in CPI during a short period of time usually mark periods of deflation.

Also see the Produce Price Index.

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