Thursday, February 26, 2015

US CPI a mixed bag, unemployment claims worsen this week

Core consumer price inflation (CPI) grew by 0.2%, double of the estimated growth. This is a solid improvement after the prior period`s contraction of 0.3%.

CPI though missed estimates slightly by slowing down by 0.7%. Economists were predicting a deceleration of  0.6%, worse than last month`s contraction of 0.4%.

The full inflation report can be found here.

The weekly unemployment claims worsen to 313 thousand this week, up from last week`s 282 thousand. The report can be obtained here.

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