Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July, 2006
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers for July, 2006 were released by The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning:
Click here to view the full Labor Department report.
Consensus: +0.4%
Actual: +0.4%
Here are the numbers when food and energy are subtracted from the equation:
Consensus: +0.3%
Actual: +0.2%
The "consensus" is what economists and Wall Street forecasters were expecting, while the "actual" is the actual or real figure.
The above numbers represent the month-to-month change in prices for a specific group of goods and services that consumers buy, and is, therefore, a very important part of the overall inflation picture for the country.
General categories are:
- Healthcare
- Housing
- Clothing
- Communications
- Education
- Transportation
- Food & Beverages
- Recreation
- Miscellaneous Goods & Services (grooming expenses, etc.)
Click here to view the full Labor Department report.
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