Consumer inflation falls for first time in 9 months due to lower gas prices, CPI shows
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:47 pm
MarketWatch - 1/11/2019 - Jeffry Bartash - The numbers: Falling gasoline prices curbed inflation at the end of 2018, giving Americans a bigger financial cushion and granting the Federal Reserve more leeway in raising U.S. interest rates.
The consumer price index slipped 0.1% in December to mark the first decline in nine months, the government said Friday. That matched the forecast of economists polled by MarketWatch. Read more @ https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/g ... 9BD7FD18E7
The consumer price index slipped 0.1% in December to mark the first decline in nine months, the government said Friday. That matched the forecast of economists polled by MarketWatch. Read more @ https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/g ... 9BD7FD18E7