consumer price index

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We are seeing signs of disinflation in the service economy, which is a much bigger part of the consumer price index and the Fed’s inflation basket than goods.

From Barron's

The consumer price index rose 2.3% from a year earlier, compared with 2.4% in November, the national statistics office said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

The latest reading of the consumer price index was just 2.7% year over year in November, down from 3% in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From Barron's

The most recent consumer price index showed that core inflation grew 2.6% in the year through November, below the 3% economists expected.

From Barron's

Investors may also not be fully confident that the November reading of the consumer price index provides an accurate reading of price pressures in the world’s biggest economy.

From Barron's