The Economics Daily

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Economics Daily article is available here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/consumer-price-index-up-4-2-percent-from-april-2020-to-april-2021.htm. Highlights are below. Consumer price index up 4.2 percent from April 2020 to April 2021 05/19/2021 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 4.2 percent over the 12 months from April 2020 to April 2021. The index rose 2.6 percent for the year ending March 2021. The 4.2 percent increase in April is the largest increase over a 12-month period since a 4.9-percent increase for the year ending September 2008. Over the longer period from January 2020 to April 2021, consumer prices increased 3.5 percent. HTML

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