Inflation Summary: Annual Inflation fell from 1.37% in September to 1.18% in October. CPI Index rose slightly from 260.280 in September to 260.388 in October. Monthly Inflation for September was 0.14% and only 0.04% in October. FED Funds Rates decrease slightly while FED Assets inch up. Next release December 10th Annual Inflation Chart: Looking at the Annual Inflation Chart since 1989 we can see a marked downward trend. Current Inflation Situation Looking at just the most recent 10 years the trend is … [Read more...]
October Inflation has Slight Increase
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its October Inflation report on November 13th, 2019, for the 12 months through the end of October 2019. Annual Inflation is Up Very Slightly Annual inflation in October was 1.76% up from September's 1.71% and still virtually unchanged from August's 1.75%. Inflation has been in a narrow range throughout 2019. 1.79% in May, 1.81% in July, 1.65% in June, with a high of 2.00% in April. Inflation peaked at 2.95% in July 2018. The CPI-U index in October was 257.346 Monthly Inflation for October was 0.23%, September was 0.08%, August was -0.01%, July was 0.17%, June was virtually zero at 0.02%, May was 0.21%, April was … [Read more...]