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That would translate into a 1. 4% year-over-year gain for core CPI, the lowest since 2004 and a level not sustained since the 1960s.

China's inflation rate, at more than 8% from a year ago, has climbed steadily from less than 1% in early 2006.

Japan's core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, declined 1. 2% from a year earlier in February, recent government data showed.

But the premier said the political priority was to tame consumer price inflation, which hit an 11-year high of 7. 1 per cent in January.

On a year-on-year basis, the CPI rose 1. 3 per cent, the smallest gain since the the second quarter in 1999.

Consumer prices rose at their fastest rate in 19 months, at a pace of 3. 1 percent from a year earlier, the report said.

Friday's January core CPI is expected to slide 0. 1% from a year earlier.

Core-CPI was up 1. 3% from a year ago, in April -- the largest year-over-year increase since February 2010.

Consumer prices rose 7. 1 percent in January from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said today, after gaining 6. 5 percent in December.

The core consumer price index rose 0. 1 per cent in October, its lowest monthly increase since inflation began to accelerate in the spring.

But on an annual basis CPI is still falling, at a minus 1. 4 per cent rate in May.

In May, the consumer price index rose 4. 1% from a year earlier, easing from the preceding month's 4. 2% rise.

Still, year ago comparatives could soon make the figures more striking: November's CPI rise was the first since January 2009.

After falling 1. 1% in the first half of 2009, the CPI will stabilize in the second half and possibly rebound, the bank said.

Falling food prices were a large contributor to the dip in CPI last month, with a drop of 1. 9 per cent.

China's 4. 9 per cent consumer price inflation rate in January was a little lower than expected.

In June, the core CPI -- which excludes volatile fresh-food prices -- had lost 1% from the year-earlier month.

Figures in parenthesis refer to the CPI series including rent, published since January 1998.

Although commodity prices have been picking up in recent months, the consumer price index in August was still 1. 2% below last year's level.

Inflation Rate remains lower: The China Statistics Bureau predicted that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) will reach 1%-2% in 2002.

Chart 2 correlates the performance improvements seen in Chart 1 with the decreased CPI and the corresponding decrease in TLB miss rates.

Core CPI rose 0. 2% during the month, surpassing economists' forecasts, which called for a 0. 1% tick higher.

Excluding volatile food and gas prices, the index was up 1. 5% in May from a year ago, a pickup from increases of less than 1% last year.

Those figures are expected to show core consumer prices running well below the Fed's comfort zone, up just 1% since April 2009.

The consumer price index fell 1 per cent in October after being unchanged in September.

China's consumer-price data for February showed its first year-on-year decline since 2002.

The National Bureau of Statistics announced on Friday that November's 0. 6 percent CPI rise is the first monthly growth since January.

The Consumer Price Index as of July pegged inflation at just 1. 2% for the previous 12 months, not counting seasonal adjustments.

Deflationary pressures eased, with consumer price inflation falling 1. 2 per cent in August, compared with a 1. 8 per cent drop in July.

Spanish core CPI, which excludes unprocessed food and energy products, fell by 0. 1% year on year in April.

Excluding food and energy prices, though, both the PPI and CPI are expected to rise just 0. 1%.

Lu Ting, China economist at Bank of America, says pork alone will contribute 1. 6 percentage points to June's CPI.

The so-called core CPI, which strips out food and energy, likely rose 0. 1%, says the consensus.

Consumer price inflation fell to 4. 6 per cent in December, after reaching a more than two-year high of 5. 1 per cent the previous month.

Officially CPI deflation is 1. 5 per cent, which means holders of yen get a tax-free gain of 1. 5 per cent in purchasing power every year.

China's consumer price index (CPI) accelerated to a 28-month high in November of 5. 1 percent.

China's consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 8. 1 percent in the first five months year-on-year.

One-year lending rates are 7. 5 per cent but inflation is rampant, with consumer prices increasing 7 per cent year-on-year in January.

The consumer price index (CPI) accelerated to a 28-month high of 5. 1 percent in November.

The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, dropped 1. 3 percent year on year, said NBS.

With the consumer price index hitting an 11-year high in January of 7. 1 per cent year-on-year, Mr Wen certainly has a point.

US : CPI increased 1. 2% over the past 12 months ending in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

Indeed, consumer price inflation jumped from a rate of 0. 6 per cent year-on-year in November to 1. 9 per cent last month.

Recent price data support them. The headline consumer-price index slipped 0. 1% in June after falling 0. 2% in May.

In November, the consumer price index rose 5. 1%, the steepest climb since July 2008.

In February, the overall CPI rose 0. 4 percent, the biggest monthly gain since last July, and above January's gain of 0. 3 percent.

In contrast, China's own consumer price index hit 7. 1 per cent last month, an 11-year high.

The annual consumer price inflation rate was 4. 9 per cent in both January and February, exceeding the government's 4 per cent target.

As a result, food accounted for 74 per cent of the 5. 1 per cent year-on-year CPI rise last November.

We forecast CPI inflation to average 1. 8% in 2004, revised up from 1% previously.

The Irish CPI fell by 2. 1% year-on-year in April.

China's consumer price index rose 4. 9% in January, up from 4. 6% in the month earlier.

The consumer price index rose 0. 3% month on month in June against 0. 1% in May.

The consumer price index for September is forecast to fall to 6. 1%, extending August's decline to 6. 2% from 6. 5% in July.

The consumer price index rose 4. 9 per cent last month, up from 4. 6 per cent in December.

The core CPI the past 12 months is up 1. 9%.

In November, consumer price inflation (CPI) hit a record by increasing 5. 1% year-on-year.

Inflation is expected to rise, with the consumer price index rising from 1. 5% last year to 1. 7% in 2010 and 1. 9% in 2011.