The 2.4% year ... s 2.5%. Core CPI inflation, arguably the more important metric for policymakers as it excludes the more fickle food and energy sub indexes, was 3.3% last month, compared to ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that the CPI rose 2.9% in December compared with the same month last year, an uptick ... accounting for about 0.5% of the 3.3% annualized ...