Some observations on today’s Retail Sales report. We use our individually price-adjusted series to look at “Real” retail sales. Read More
Posts Categorized: Consumer Price Index
CPI-U Index up strongly 0.6% in July, with 1.0% Annual inflation.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent
in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the same increase as in June, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all
items index increased 1.0 percent before seasonal adjustment. Read More
CPI-U Index down 0.1% in May, with 0.1% Annual inflation.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent in
May on a seasonally adjusted basis after falling 0.8 percent in April, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items
index increased 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.
Declines in the indexes for motor vehicle insurance, energy, and apparel more than
offset increases in food and shelter indexes to result in the monthly decrease in
the seasonally adjusted all items index. The gasoline index declined 3.5 percent
in May, leading to a 1.8-percent decline in the energy index. The food index, in
contrast, increased 0.7 percent in May as the index for food at home rose 1.0
percent.
CPI-U Index tumbles 0.4% in March, with 1.5% Annual inflation.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.4 percent in
March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest monthly decline since January
2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months,
the all items index increased 1.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.
A sharp decline in the gasoline index was a major cause of the monthly decrease in
the seasonally adjusted all items index, with decreases in the indexes for airline
fares, lodging away from home, and apparel also contributing. The energy index
fell 5.8 percent as the gasoline index decreased 10.5 percent. The food index rose
in March, increasing 0.3 percent as the food at home index rose 0.5 percent.
CPI-U Annual inflation up from 1.8% to 2.0%. Used cars and gasoline.
The CPI-U price index rose by 0.3% in November 2019. This, together with November 2018’s low CPI increase dropping out of the year-over-year rate brings the annual inflation rate up to 2.05%.
The difference between the two Novembers lies almost entirely in Used Motor Vehicles, and in Gasoline prices.
See our attribution breakdown
CPI-U Index up strongly 0.4% in October, with 1.8% Annual inflation.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in
October on a seasonally adjusted basis after being unchanged in September, the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Read More
Explistats Price-Indexed Retail Sales
ExpliStats has constructed an alternative to the traditional “Real” Retail Sales series, which, we believe, gives a much better picture of growth in price-adjusted sales quantities. Please ask for a copy of our data, which we intend to provide free, going forward. Read More