{"id":1004176786,"date":"2017-05-15T05:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004176786"},"modified":"2022-12-08T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T04:07:18","slug":"economy-watch-inflation-edges-up-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-inflation-edges-up-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Inflation Edges Up in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004176796\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004176796\" data-attachment-id=\"1004176796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-inflation-edges-up-in-april\/bls-cpi-0417\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1160\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BLS CPI 0417\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg?w=1024\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004176796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg\" alt=\"Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg?resize=300,249 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg?resize=768,636 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/BLS-CPI-0417.jpeg?resize=1024,848 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004176796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Consumer Price Index increased 0.2 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. That compares with a drop of 0.3 percent in March. Over the last 12 months, the index has risen 2.2 percent. On the other hand, the core rate of inflation\u2014which takes energy and food prices out of the equation\u2014was up only 0.1 percent for the month, and 1.9 percent for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Increases in prices for shelter, energy, tobacco and food all contributed to the monthly increase in the all items index. Energy in particular saw a rise, gaining 1.1 percent, with all of its major components rising, including gasoline, which has an indirect impact on consumer spending. Food prices were up 0.2 percent, mostly due to a sharp increase in the price of fresh vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, prices were down in April for a number of goods and services. Wireless phone services, medical care, motor vehicle insurance, apparel, used cars and trucks, recreation, and new vehicles all cost less in April than March.<\/p>\n<p>The inflation report may have some bearing on what the Federal Open Market Committee does the next time it meets, which will be June 13-14. Though the CPI isn&#8217;t the only inflation metric that the central bank considers, it seems to be an important one, and the relatively strong increases probably ups the odds that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-interest-rates-rise-so-does-inflation\/\">interest rates will rise<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consumer Price Index increased 0.2 percent for the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While it&#8217;s not the only metric the Federal Open Market Committee considers, the increase could increase the odds that interest rates will rise next month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":1004176796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742],"tags":[32766,33552,32764,35545],"class_list":["post-1004176786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest","tag-bureau-of-labor-statistics","tag-consumer-price-index","tag-federal-open-market-committee","tag-inflation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Economy Watch: Inflation Edges Up in April - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-inflation-edges-up-in-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economy Watch: Inflation Edges Up in April\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Consumer Price Index increased 0.2 percent for the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 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