April CPI disappoints. (consumer price index)

WASHINGTON - The government reported today that consumer inflation rose 0.2 percent in January, lifted by the largest increase in gasoline prices in four months and higher prices for fruits and vegetables, The Associated Press reports.

Food price inflation at the consumer level continued to advance at a slightly higher rate than this time last year with April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food climbing 0.1% from March. For the first four months of 2001 overall food price inflation is running at an annualized rate ......

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Thirty-four Percent of All Small Firms are Raising Prices, Confirming Inflation Concerns The National Federation of Independent Business´ Chief Economist William Dunkelberg issued the following statement today in response to the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation report. The employment figures cited by Dunkelberg are from the ......

The latest economic survey by the nation's leading small business group, takes issue with the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cuts.

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