Consumer Price Index

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  • Vegetable And Food Prices In China Surges As Inflation Rates Hit New Highs
    China
    Prices of vegetables, eggs, and fish in China surged in November owing to combined factors such as increased costs, severe weather, and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.
  • Larry Summers Issues Warnings To Biden Of Unwanted Inflation
    Economy
    Continually "printing money" and borrowing at "unprecedented scales" creates risks, Summers said.
  • US Inflation Accelerates In April As CPI Jumps By 4.2%
    USDD DEPEGGING
    The US CPI rose by 4.2% in April compared with the same period last year.
  • Tissue Paper, Cereal And Diapers: The Cost Of Living Is Going Up
    Consumer Goods
    Companies plan to raise prices later this year, citing pandemic disruptions.
  • US Consumer Price Index Dropped By Record Amount In April
    US Consumer Price Index
    Data from the Labor Department showed a 0.4 percent drop in the country's core consumer price index in April, the largest dip ever recorded since 1957.
  • China Pork Prices Expected To Stabilize As Supply Recovers
    China Pork Prices
    The National Development and Reform Commission stated that it expects pork prices to stabilize in the short-term as the industry slowly recovers from the African swine fever epidemic.
  • Supply Shortage Lifts US Consumer Prices In February
    US Consumer Price Index
    Price increases for certain food products and disruptions in the supply chain offset the decrease in gas prices, pushing the consumer price index up.
  • UK Inflation Hit Six-Month High In January Amid Higher Home And Fuel Prices
    UK Inflation
    The UK's Office for National Statistics reported a 1.8 percent increase in the country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of January.
  • China To Release More Agricultural Reserves To Stabilize Prices
    China Consumer Price Index
    China's Ministry of Commerce revealed plans to release more pork and vegetable from the national reserves, along with other measures, to stabilize prices.
  • China CPI Surged In January, Exceeding Analysts' Estimates
    China Consumer Price Index
    The continued surge in pork prices, the Lunar New Year holidays, and other factors have all contributed to the relatively massive surge in China's CPI in January.