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Annual inflation was unchanged last month at 2.4%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday.
The surge in gasoline prices tied to the Iran conflict is likely to produce the biggest increase in the consumer price index in March in almost four years. Economists predict the CPI will rise around 0.
Inflation held steady in February as the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index remained at 2.4% year-over-year. Core CPI was at 2.5% year-over-year, unchanged from January and in line with the forecast. In February, headline prices heated up ...
Headline inflation was at its lowest in five years, but a global oil price shock has made the reading a bit stale.
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