17-11-2016 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com

Inflation is almost all about your gas prices going up

The latest reading of the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose slower than economists expected in October.
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core CPI rose 0.1% from the month before, less than the 0.2% expected by economists. Including those two categories, consumer good prices rose 0.4% in October, equal to expectations. 
Once again, gasoline prices led the index higher according to the BLS. Gas accounted for half of the increas
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