Investing July 18, 2001
CPI Moderates in June
July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The much-awaited
June CPI figure, released today by the Department of Labor,
showed US inflation rising by 0.2%, slightly higher than
market expectations, but lower that the previous month's 0.4%
gain.
Reported by Camilla Klein
Hikes in food, housing and medical care prices were cancelled out to some extent by falling fuel prices, down 0.9% over the month.
This drop, offset by 0.4% spikes in food, housing and medical care, explained the fall from May’s 0.4% increase.
Core inflation, which excludes volatile components such
as food and energy prices, lifted by 0.3%, compared with a
0.1% increase in May.
Year-on-year, consumer prices were up 3.2% while core
prices increased by 2.7%, well below the 3.6% year-on-year
increase seen in last month’s data.