Hotel prices account for increase in core CPI

October 19, 2004 |

About three-fourths of the gain in the core CPI in September was due to the 2.9 percent increase in prices for hotels, the U.S. Labor Department said.

Despite lower energy costs, U.S. consumer price inflation accelerated in September, rising 0.2 percent, the Labor Department said.

About three-fourths of the gain in the core CPI in September was due to the 2.9 percent increase in prices for lodging away from home, the Labor Department said. Hotel and motel prices have gyrated wildly in the past few months and are up 7.3 percent in the past year.

Consumer prices are up 2.5 percent over the past 12 months. The core CPI has risen 2 percent year-over-year, breaking that key barrier for the first time in nearly two years.

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