US Consumer Price Index registers inflation of 0.9% in March

THE Department of Labor (DOL) The United States reported this Friday (10) that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Brazil's inflation rate reached 0.9% in March, up from 0.3% in February, but below the 1.0% expected by the market. On an annual basis, the indicator accelerated from 2.4% in February to 3.3% in March. Investors had expected an increase to 3.4%. The core CPI — excluding all volatile items such as food and energy — rose 0.2% monthly and 2.6% annually in March, both results coming in 0.1 percentage point below investor expectations.

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