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Published monthly, the sticky price index sorts the components of the consumer price index (CPI) into either flexible or sticky (slow to change) categories based on the frequency of their price adjustment.
Sticky price CPI rose 3 percent in JanuaryThe Atlanta Fed's sticky price CPI measure—the weighted basket of goods consumers purchase that change prices relatively infrequently—rose 3 percent (annualized) in January, following 2.6 percent growth in December. The 12-month index rose 2.2 percent, the largest year-over-year increase since June 2009.
The sticky price index increased 2.8 percent (annualized) on a core basis (which excludes food and energy) in January, and the 12-month index rose 2.1 percent, continuing to accelerate since midyear 2010.
The flexible cut of the CPI—a weighted basket of goods that change price relatively frequently—increased at a 1.4 percent annual rate in January and was up 4.8 percent from year-earlier levels.
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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