Friday, May 15, 2009

From a year ago, consumer prices fell 0.7 percent, the biggest decline since 1955.

TO BE NOTED: From EconomPic Data:

"YoY CPI Drops Most Since 1955

All in transportation, but disconcerting regardless. Bloomberg reports:

“Demand simply remains too weak for most businesses to find any success in pushing through price hikes at this point, Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Advisor Services in Detroit, said before the report. “Widespread price cuts however, are also unlikely especially given the recent evidence that the economy may be stabilizing.”

From a year ago, consumer prices fell 0.7 percent, the biggest decline since 1955. Excluding food and energy, prices climbed 1.9 percent from April 2008.

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