Friday, June 15, 2007

U.S. Stock Index Futures Rally After Measure of Consumer Prices Slows

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after
consumer prices excluding food and energy fell in May, easing
inflation concern.

The 0.1 percent advance in the Labor Department's so-called
core consumer price index was half what economists forecast in a
Bloomberg survey. The slower growth in prices may diminish the
Federal Reserve's reluctance to lower interest rates. Fed
officials have said inflation is their ``predominant concern.''


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