#news #BLS #CPI #inflation index is up 4.2% from a year ago: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in May, after rising 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 4.2 percent before seasonal adjustment.
“The index for energy rose 3.9 percent in May, after rising 3.8 percent in April and 10.9 percent in March. The energy index accounted for over sixty percent of the monthly all items increase. The index for shelter also increased in May, rising 0.3 percent. The food index increased 0.2 percent over the month as the food at home index rose 0.1 percent and the food away from home index increased 0.3 percent.”
on 02026-06-10#Amazon #price-fixing lawsuit announcement from the #California attorney general doesn’t say “inflate” or “#inflation” anywhere. #news
on 02026-02-24#Amazon blamed for #USA #inflation due to #price-fixing schemes. #news
on 02026-02-24#video #news from #Deutsche-Welle on #China imposing reciprocal #tariffs on #USA #politics, mostly just stock footage and talking heads. 34% tariffs on imports from the US, and a ban on seven rare-earth exports to the US and Europe. Jerome Powell, President of the Federal Reserve, predicts that the tariffs will probably cause #inflation in the US, unemployment, and slower growth. #toread
on 02025-04-04predicted #Argentina #inflation statistics
on 02024-05-19official #Argentina #inflation index for tripling our rent in July
on 02024-05-19#IMF #economics: “Global Economy Approaches Soft Landing, but Risks Remain (...) Inflation continues to ease. Excluding Argentina, global headline #inflation will decline to 4.9 percent this year, down 0.4 percentage point from our October projection (also excluding Argentina).” Haha, ouch.
on 02024-03-05BLS #inflation calculator says that US$900 in 01996 (the price I paid for my first computer) would be US$1752.38 now.
on 02023-08-09more recent #history of #Germany #inflation, 02015–02022.
on 02022-05-26#history of #inflation in #Germany, 01995–02012. #economics
on 02022-05-26#censorship in #Argentina in 02011 of economic consultancies that measured #inflation. #politics
on 02021-06-05The #inflation calculator from the BLS using the #CPI, which is now harder to access than before.
on 02015-08-13