Sentences with phrase «department inflation measure»

The Consumer Price Index, a Commerce Department inflation measure, came in higher than expected in January, and the stock market has been volatile; how the Fed will react is unclear.

Not exact matches

The rise in the annual inflation measures reported by the Commerce Department on Monday was anticipated by economists and Fed officials and is not expected to alter the U.S. central bank's gradual pace of interest rate increases.

Various inflation measures compiled by the Labor Department certainly make compelling reading.

On Monday, the Commerce Department said the inflation measure fell to 1.7 % annually in December, down from 1.9 % the previous month.

The Fed's preferred measure of inflation soared 1.9 percent in the 12 months through March, the biggest increase since February 2017, after increasing 1.6 percent in the year through February, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.

To be consistent with the practice of other Federal agencies and the Department itself, we have determined that the CPI - U is the most appropriate inflation measure to use to adjust the threshold debt amount.

Most of the commenters that responded to this solicitation agreed that the Department should index the $ 2,085 to an inflation measure, and that the CPI - U produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics would be the most appropriate measure.

In the NPRM, the Department solicited comments on the appropriate inflation measure to use to index the $ 2,085 threshold debt amount.

However, this commenter recommended that if the Department decides to adjust the threshold amount any future changes should be based on CPI, as a recognized measure of inflation.

TIPS are securities issued by the Department of Treasury whose principal increases with inflation and decrease with deflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.