SANTIAGO, Jan 8- Chile's consumer price index was flat in December, slightly below market expectations, as lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices offset increases in the housing, water, electricity and gas sectors, the government said on Tuesday.
TOKYO, Dec 28- Japan's core consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in November from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, in a sign of the persistent deflation that Japan's new prime minister has pledged to conquer with aggressive fiscal and monetary policy.
President Barack Obama' s latest offer for a "fiscal cliff" resolution includes a change in the way annual payment increases for Social Security are calculated for inflation. The following is a description of the "chained" consumer price index switch and how the president's proposal could affect the roughly 56 million Social Security beneficiaries.
*Investors expecting big LDP win in Japan election on Sunday. NEW YORK, Dec 14- The dollar surrendered early gains and fell against the yen on Friday after a U.S. report on inflation showed prices fell in November for the first time in six months, which should allow the Federal Reserve to stay on its ultra-easy monetary policy path.
*Consumer price index falls 0.3 percent on gasoline. WASHINGTON, Dec 14- U.S. consumer prices fell in November for the first time in six months, pointing to muted inflation pressures that should allow the Federal Reserve to stay on its ultra-easy monetary policy path as it nurses the economy back to health.
NEW YORK, Dec 14- U.S. stock index futures briefly tua9160reuff. b f BC-MARKETS-USA- STOCKS/DA 12-14 0114. NEW YORK, Dec 14- U.S. stock index futures briefly turned negative after data showed consumer prices fell in November for the first time in six months, pointing to muted inflation pressures.
SHANGHAI, Dec 14- A state think tank has forecast China's GDP growth next year at around 8 percent and projects the consumer price index to rise around 3 percent, the official China Securities Journal reported on Friday.
BEIJING, Dec 9- The National Bureau of Statistics published on Sunday the following breakdown of China's consumer price index for November. For a story, please click on:. Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec.
TOKYO, Nov 30- Japan's core consumer prices stayed flat in October from a year earlier, government data showed, emerging from negative territory for the first time in six months but the economy has a long way to go before achieving the Bank of Japan's inflation target of 1 percent.