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March CPI...................................>

US DATA
US DATA: March CPI
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- Headline CPI as-expected +0.4%, in line with both BBG and MNI surveys.
- Core CPI +0.1% vs +0.2% expected by both BBG and MNI, unrounded +0.148%
- Apparel -1.9% (largest drop since Jan. 1949) was key to softer core.
- Owners' equiv rents +0.3%, medical +0.3%, drugs +0.5%, new vehicles +0.4% 
- Energy prices +3.5%, gas +6.5%, CPI ex energy +0.2%, food +0.3%. 
- Y/Y rates: headline CPI +1.9% vs Feb +1.5%, core +2.0% vs Feb +2.1%. 
- Data suggest steady core inflation outside of the energy noise.

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