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Data released just moments ago by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation, rose 0.2% in February after rising by approximately 0.5% in January, missing expectations of a 0.3% decline.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, fell to 0.2% from 0.4% in January (expected 0.3%).<\/span><\/span> Conversely, the annual CPI rose to 2.8% over the past 12 months from 3.0% in January, missing expectations of a 2.9% increase. The core CPI rose to 3.1% from 3.3%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In detail, the food index grew by 2.6% year-on-year and increased by approximately 0.2% in February. The energy index rose by 0.2% in February from 3.7% and decreased by approximately 0.2% year-on-year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Data released just moments ago by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation, rose 0.2% in February after rising by approximately 0.5% in January, missing expectations of a 0.3% decline. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, fell to 0.2% from 0.4% in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n