Let’s take a look at what it reported Feb. 6, 2024 in the Wall Street Journal
Inflation – US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all 12 months of 2023, All items 3.4% Core 3.9% (Core is inflation minus food and energy costs https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
Increase in shelter costs rose and made up 50% of the rise in the total CPI. Shelter increase for all of 2023 was an increase of 6.2% over the year 2023.
Increase in Energy went up 0.4% caused by increases in the cost of electricity and gasoline offset by a decrease in the price of natural gas.
Crude Oil ended at $83.19 per barrel
Beef carcass choice1 3,600-900 lbs $276.09 Feb 5, 2024 price
Natural Gas $/MMBtu $2.082 (down over $.70 from last summer 2023)
Gold $ per Engelhard Industrial Troy Ounce Cash price Feb 5, 2024 $2016.00
NEXT INFLATION REPORT COMING OUT FEBRUARY 13, TUESDAY 2024 This report is free from the US Government and can be seen at the link below.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf