CPI April 2008
Summary: Headline reads, CPI looks a bit more manageable...
under the sheets the seasonally unadjusted CPI-W screamed at +0.7% while the chained CPI-U jumped +0.5%.
CPI Apr +0.2% vs +0.3% Full Report
Inside the number: Core CPI Apr +0.1% vs +0.2%. Table 4: CPI-W vs April 2007...
Energy Commodities +22.4%; Gasoline +20.9%; Energy +16.2%; Non Durables less food, beverages & apparel +13.2%; Dairy +11.8%; personal computers -12.9%.
Table 5: CPI-W Annual % increase 6 months ended April 2008...
Energy commodities +30.5%; Gasoline +28.1%; Energy +23.4%; non durables less food, beverages & apparel +21.1%;
Cereals & bakery +13.7%; fats & oils +19.4%; transportation +10%; hospital +7.2%; education +6.1%; personal computers -10.3%.
We gently repeat one of our mantras:
Do not go out and drive, stay in your bunker, eat nothing, surf the web, watch reality TV, its just getting better all the time.
under the sheets the seasonally unadjusted CPI-W screamed at +0.7% while the chained CPI-U jumped +0.5%.
CPI Apr +0.2% vs +0.3% Full Report
Inside the number: Core CPI Apr +0.1% vs +0.2%. Table 4: CPI-W vs April 2007...
Energy Commodities +22.4%; Gasoline +20.9%; Energy +16.2%; Non Durables less food, beverages & apparel +13.2%; Dairy +11.8%; personal computers -12.9%.
Table 5: CPI-W Annual % increase 6 months ended April 2008...
Energy commodities +30.5%; Gasoline +28.1%; Energy +23.4%; non durables less food, beverages & apparel +21.1%;
Cereals & bakery +13.7%; fats & oils +19.4%; transportation +10%; hospital +7.2%; education +6.1%; personal computers -10.3%.
We gently repeat one of our mantras:
Do not go out and drive, stay in your bunker, eat nothing, surf the web, watch reality TV, its just getting better all the time.
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