The consumer price index, excluding often-volatile food and energy categories, increased 0.2 per cent from a month earlier or 2.5 per cent on an annual basis.

US consumer prices are expected to have risen modestly in July, potentially easing market expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike this year. However, inflation remains above…

Aug 12 : The dollar weakened on Wednesday after U.S. consumer price inflation matched economists' expectations in July, easing concerns that a hot reading could reinvigorate…