February CPI Unchanged; Core Rate Climbs 0.1%

The consumer price index was unchanged in February as energy prices declined for the first time in 10 months, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

It was the first month without an increase since last March.

Core prices, excluding food and energy costs, increased 0.1%.

A poll of economists by Thomson Reuters projected CPI and core CPI to each rise 0.1% in February.

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