This morning's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was reported at 1.9% YoY for March vs 1.8% consensus estimate.
Excluding food and energy CPI was reported YoY for March at 2.0% vs 2.1% estimate.
Month over month CPI was reported at 0.4% vs 0.3% consensus estimate, and 0.1 vs 0.2% MoM ex food and energy.
The underlying numbers showed wages slowing but housing costs rose dramatically.
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