... The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that the price of housing "was the largest factor" in the increase for the month, rising 0.2%. The same went for the "food at home" category, which tracks grocery prices.
The price of energy was among the biggest drops in January, falling 1.5%. ...
There are some signs of significant tariff pass through to consumers, however, as many economists feared.
The price of laundry equipment and an index that tracks "other appliances" jumped 2.6% just from December to January.
Other indexes that rose sharply from month to month include those tracking the price of appliances overall, which rose 1.3%.
Computers rose 3.1%, floor coverings jumped 3.2%, home furniture popped 1% and boys' apparel increased 2.4%.
The price of watches increased by 2.9% from month to month, and the reading that tracks video and audio equipment, including televisions, increased by 2.2%.
"You start to see some of the tariffs creep into some of the prices ... and you see some sellers are deciding that they're passing on those higher costs to consumers in the form of higher prices," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on CNBC in mid-January. "I think you're starting to see some more of that impact." ...
