CPI up 0.1 percent in March, 2.4 percent year-on-year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in March and was up 2.4 percent year-on-year, and notably higher than the 1.6-percent average annual rate over the past 10 years. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in March and 2.1 percent year-on-year, for its largest 12-month increase since the period ending February 2017.

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