MarketScreener
Eric Morath and Sharon Nunn
Sept. 13, 2018
WASHINGTON--U.S. consumer prices rose for a fifth straight month in August, though the pace of annual increases eased for the first time this year.
The consumer-price index, which gauges what Americans pay for everything from rent to razor blades, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in August from the prior month, the Labor Department said Thursday. Excluding volatile food and energy components, prices increased 0.1%.
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected a 0.3% uptick in August for the headline measure, and a 0.2% advance in so-called core inflation.
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