Clarifying How LIFO Works
The most common resistance we get when speaking with companies regarding LIFO is related to its complexity. “It just doesn’t make sense” is a common theme. “I don’t know why anyone would go out of their way to make inventory accounting more complicated” is another often-used rebuttal. But the bottom line is that LIFO provides […]
View full articleApril 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.5% over the last month & rose by 2.0% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.2% between March – April ’19 and rose by 2.1% between April ’18 – ’19.
View full articleApril 2019 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 0.5% over the last month & rose by 0.9% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleMarch ’19 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 1.2% over the last month & rose by 0.9% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleMarch 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.6% over the last month & rose 1.9% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.3% between February – March ’19 and rose 2.0% between March ’18 – March ’19.
View full articleFebruary 2019 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 0.1% over the last month & decreased 0.3% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.4% over the last month & rose1.5% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.4% between January – February ’19 & rose 2.1% over the last year.
View full articleJanuary ’19 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index decreased 1.7% over the last month & rose 0.4% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleJanuary 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.2% over the last month & by 1.6% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.4% between December ’18 – January ’19 & by 2.2% over the last year.
View full articleDecember 2018 PPI Release Highlights
Get monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index (PPI) release highlights & historical average inflation rates at LIFO-PRO’s BLS Blog!
View full articleDecember ’18 CPI Release Highlights
Get the highlights of the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) releases at LIFO-PRO’s BLS Blog!
View full articleNovember 2018 CPI Release Highlights
Get the highlights of the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) releases at LIFO-PRO’s BLS Blog!
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