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Recent Examples on the Web The broad market decline came after the Labor Department on Friday reported the fastest increase in the consumer-price index in May — up 8.6% compared with a year earlier — since 1981. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 June 2022 Inflation data through April, based on the consumer-price index, showed that new-vehicle prices rose 13.6% since March 2021, while prices for used cars/trucks were up a whopping 34.7%. — Cristina Lourosa-ricardo, WSJ, 21 May 2022 On Wednesday, the BLS released the March producer price index, which tracks prices paid by wholesalers. — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, rose 6.4 percent in February compared to a year earlier. — Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Apr. 2022 The inflation reading that makes headlines is an annual reading of the consumer-price index, which measures the pace of price increases in one month compared with the same month a year earlier. — Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 24 May 2022 The Labor Department reported Wednesday that the consumer-price index jumped by 5.4 percent from a year earlier, slightly higher than in August, and the same rate seen in June and July as the economy reopened. — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Oct. 2021 The moderation comes as prices on new vehicles continued to climb last month, up 1.1% from March this year and 13.2% higher than in April 2021, according to the Labor Department’s consumer-price index. — Ryan Felton, WSJ, 14 May 2022 That basket shows inflation is running slightly hotter than the broader price index, with the CPI-W jumping 8.9% in April from a year ago, according to government data. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 May 2022 See More

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