Rising consumer prices have been one of the biggest concerns for India's policymakers over the past two years.
The week ends with consumer prices, industrial production and consumer sentiment numbers, all on Friday.
Inflation will increase as higher energy, food and import costs feed through to consumer prices.
Consumer prices are up about 33 times since the Fed was formed in 1913.
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Also, fears of higher inflation eased as economic growth improved without a rise in consumer prices.
Consumer prices for gas and food rose in February at their fastest clip since July 2008.
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They decided to start using the more slowly rising consumer prices index (CPI) instead.
Deflation has not yet been defeated: consumer prices fell by 0.4% in the year to December.
But excluding food and energy, which are volatile, consumer prices rose just 0.2% during that month.
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The inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was 2.7% in January.
Meanwhile in America, consumer prices when you take out food and energy are going nowhere.
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The report shows pipeline inflationary pressures easing, which could mean lower consumer prices going forward.
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Consumer prices inflation in Hungary is currently running at 4.25%, well above the official 3% target.
Including food, consumer prices rose by 0.3% in April, compared with a year earlier.
Commodity prices respond much more swiftly to changes in demand than do consumer prices.
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This more than outweighed figures showing that in April average consumer prices did not increase.
The rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) stayed at 2.7% in December.
There are two main measures: the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
Consumer prices, for example, fell by 0.4% in December, compared with the year before.
Since 1994 consumer prices in China have doubled and real wages have risen by about 50%.
In the year to September, consumer prices rose by 1.3% in Sweden and 2.7% in Denmark.
Overall consumer prices rose 0.5% in September and 3.5% compared with a year earlier.
Between two-thirds and three-quarters goes on staff pay, which has been rising faster than consumer prices.
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In its first decade of independence, Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation had averaged 1.6%.
Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation currently stands at 3.2% and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) at 2.8%.
Consumer prices rose at a 1.4% rate in the last quarter, according to one Commerce Department measure.
Latest figures released on Tuesday showed that the Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation had hit 4%.
Chinese consumer prices rose 5.4% year-on-year in March while food prices spiked 11.9% in the same time.
Japan has seen 20 years of intermittent falling consumer prices, which analysts say has hurt its economy.
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