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Consumer Price Index, CPI ? Things to Know
2008-04-16 15:31:00 Consumer Price Index or CPI is one of the most widely watched economic indicators which give a clear idea about economic situation through 3 different indices. CPI is released by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The 3 indices include CPI for urban wage earners (CPI-W), CPI for urban customers (CPI-U) and chained CPI for urban customers (C-CPI-U).Consumer price index releases affect companies and investors in many ways. CPI is one of the factors which affect Federal Reserve interest-rate policy, financial management of big corporations and banks, tax rates, and employee wages. A rise in CPI indicates inflation; fall indicates deflation and staying steady indicates stagflation. Usually growing economies shows modest growing inflation. Rapid rise or fall in CPI is not a good sign for economy; both high inflation and deflation ultimately results in cutting down of profit of companies, thus making them less competitive.High inflation badly affects fixed-income bonds, pensions and other ...
Consumer Price Index (CPI) - How Inflation Affects the Forex
2008-04-03 07:00:00 The Forex market is influenced by many different factors. Because of the world wide economy, knowing the economic reports in Switzerland may be as important to one trader as what the Yen is doing against the US Dollar. Countries release economic reports to show the health of their local economies, and one of the ...
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Inflation at 1.8%
2008-03-18 13:26:00 OK, so I was wrong (again) the price of gasoline is not driving up prices in Canada, in fact the rate of increase in pricing is decreasing (which is to say, prices ARE going up, just not that fast). Stats Canada is now saying that the Consumer Price Index increased by 1.8% year over ...
Consumer price index rises in December, marking biggest increase in nearly
2008-01-25 00:00:00 TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.8 percent in December from a year earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday, marking the biggest increase in almost a decade.The reading was above the 0.6 percent gain forecast by economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and the Nikkei. It was the fastest rise since a 1.8 percent increase in March 1998.The result for the latest core index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, marked th ...
October Consumer Prices Match Estimates
2007-11-16 18:57:00 October Consumer Prices Match Analyst Estimates
Housing Starts Dropped to 14 Year Low, More Than Forecast
2007-10-18 01:27:00 Housing Starts Dropped to 14 Year Low in September, More Than Forecast. Reaction with Brian Bethune of Global Insight; Beige Book Today; CPI Reaction. (...)
August Consumer Confidence Index Fell
2007-08-28 18:18:00 The August consumer confidence index fell -7.5% to 105.0 : after a downward revision to July. (...)
Consumer Price Index - CPI Numbers Released
2007-07-18 20:10:00 Play Video Market Outlook: CPI Numbers Released, Bernanke’s Testimony Bloomberg-Clip - (BLOOM-Clip) Jul. 18, 2007. (...)
Consumer Price Index- Inflation & Housing Update
2007-05-14 19:30:00 The week ahead brings a blend of news, including a look at inflation and housing, which continue to be hot topics of late. Particularly on the heels of the Fed stating they remain concerned about inflation, Tuesday’s Core Consumer Price Index will certainly garner a great deal of attention. Housing numbers have been mixed of ...
India : Consumer Price Index (CPI) - Prices jump in Feb?07
2007-04-02 13:38:00 Situation The CPI for urban workers has jumped to 7.60% p.a for the month ending Feb’07. ( was 6.70% p.a for Jan’07) The Reserve Bank of India has reacted to this jump by announcing a set of policy measures. (BTW - read Dheeraj Singhs warning in Feb’07 : “Be prepared for the Ides of March” ) Conclusion (click on image for a larger visual ...
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Japan - Consumer Price Index (CPI) continues its drops into negative territ
2007-03-31 14:45:00 Situation Consumer prices - the main inflation indicator was down in Feb’07. On a monthly basis prices were down to -0.50% ( Jan’07 was at -0.20%). On an annual basis prices were down to a -0.20 % p.a ( Jan’07 was at 0.00%) Background The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised the uncollateralized overnight call rate from 0.25% to 0.50% on Feb 21 2007 ( ...
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Japan - Consumer Price Index (CPI) continues its drops into negative territ
2007-03-30 14:45:00 Situation Consumer prices - the main inflation indicator was down in Feb’07. On a monthly basis prices were down to -0.50% ( Jan’07 was at -0.20%). On an annual basis prices were down to a -0.20 % p.a ( Jan’07 was at 0.00%) Background The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised the uncollateralized overnight call rate from 0.25% to 0.50% on Feb 21 2007 ( ...
By: Intelligentguess
Consumer Price Index (CPI) How Inflation Affects the Forex
0000-00-00 00:00:00 What does inflation have to do with currency trading? Read on to find out!
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