(CercleFinance.com) – According to the Department of Labor, the American consumer price index increased by 3.4% in December compared to the same month of 2022, an annual rate up 0.3 points compared to November, and higher than Jefferies’ expectation (+3.2%).
Excluding energy (-2%) and food products (+2.7%), two traditionally volatile categories, the annual inflation rate stood at 3.9% last month, down 0.1 point per month. compared to November, and while Jefferies expected it at 3.8%.
Sequentially, that is to say between the months of November and December 2023, consumer prices in the United States increased by 0.3% in raw data as well as excluding energy and food products. .
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