January 2019 Consumer Price Index
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on February 18th, 2019Prices paid by Americans were unchanged in January 2019 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI). This comprehensive look at inflation gained just 1.6 percent in the past twelve months. Stripping out food and energy, the “core” CPI tally gained 0.2 percent to start the year and 2.2 percent on a year-over-year basis.