Consumer prices rose 2.4% annually in February, as expected
CNBC focuses on consumer and annually, with context pulled from source reporting instead of recycled feed copy. Cross-checked against Breitbart and The Hill.
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What happened: The consumer price index in February was expected to show a 2.4% increase from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
Cross-source context: Breitbart highlights consumer prices continued to rise at a moderate rate in February. The Hill highlights the annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher... Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
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CNBC(center)
The consumer price index in February was expected to show a 2.4% increase from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
Consumer prices continued to rise at a moderate rate in February.
The post Consumer Price Inflation Remains Subdued in February appeared first on Breitbart.
The annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher and threatened to upend the global economy. Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
Consumer prices continued to rise at a moderate rate in February.
The Hill
The annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher... Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
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Swarm Claim
US consumer inflation steady before Iran conflict drives up oil prices.
The annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher... Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
Consumer prices continued to rise at a moderate rate in February.
The post Consumer Price Inflation Remains Subdued in February appeared first on Breitbart.
The annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher and threatened to upend the global economy. Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
Consumer prices continued to rise at a moderate rate in February.
The post Consumer Price Inflation Remains Subdued in February appeared first on Breitbart.
The annual inflation rate held steady in February, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, before the war in Iran drove energy prices higher and threatened to upend the global economy. Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in February and were up 2.4 percent over the past year, as m
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Underlying US inflation slowed in February from a month earlier as the consumer price index, excluding food and energy, rose 0.2% from January. Michael McKee reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
