- Here's the news from today's CPI report:
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The August level of 189.5 (1982-84=100) was 2.7 percent higher than in August 2003...
The index for all items less food and energy registered a 0.1 percent increase for the third
consecutive month.
As expected, really.