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The Consumer Price Index dropped further from April 2008 to April 2009 than in any 12-month period since 1955, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. Prices dropped 0.7 percent during the period but were unchanged compared to March, suggesting the a period of deflation was unlikely. The price index was heavily influenced by food and energy price fluctuations while core prices remained relatively stable. Compared to a year ago, energy prices have dropped 25.2 percent, the report said. Indexes...

China said Monday its consumer price index fell 1.5 percent in April from the year-ago level, the third straight monthly decline in the inflation index. The figures were announced by the National Bureau of Statistics, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. China's CPI index had dropped 1.6 percent in February year on year, the first such fall since October 2002, and 1.2 percent in March. The agency said China's producer price index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level,...

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British retail prices sank in March for the first time since 1960, indicating a period of deflation had set in, the National Statistics Office said. The monthly retail price index registered minus 0.4 percent in the month compared to a break-even zero percent in February. The consumer price index also dropped in the month from 3.2 percent in February to 2.9 percent. Similar factors pressured prices for consumers and retailers, the NSO said. Additionally, depreciation of homes and mortgage...

Higher food and shelter costs drove Canadian consumer prices up 1.2 percent in March on an annual basis, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Friday. Food prices rose 7.9 percent during the 12-month period on the heels of a 7.4 percent rise in February. It was the largest jump since November 1986, the federal agency said. A 12-month price increase of 54.9 percent for potatoes pushed up vegetable prices, the report said. This occurred largely as a result of poor harvests in Canada that led...

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The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.4 percent in February, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. The index was bolstered by a 3.3 percent rise in energy prices in the month, including an 8.3 percent rise in gasoline prices, the report said. A month ago, the CPI rose 0.3 percent with a 1.7 percent jump in energy costs. In February, two-thirds of the price increase was related to energy costs, the Department said. Similar to the Producers Price...

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The consumer price index in Britain has fallen since September but the price of food has gone the other way, a recent survey said.The CPI fell from a peak of 5.2 percent in September to 3 percent in February and is expected to drop to near 0 percent in the near term, The Times of London reported Wednesday. Food price inflation, however, has accelerated from January, when the annual rate stood at 7.5 percent, The Times said. The annual rate of inflation for food items reached 9 percent in...