The consumer price inflation (CPI) stood at 0% while the core CPI met estimates at 0.2%. The decline in gasoline and energy indices was a major contributor to these figures. The CPI report can be found here.
Unemployment claims dropped by 2 thousand this week to take the figure to 291 thousand. Bloomberg highlighted it has been 10 weeks since less than 300 thousand people claimed unemployment benefits.
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