Excluding food and energy, consumer prices have increased 2.4 percent at an annual rate during the first 10 months of the year.
The latest figures show that such products, excluding food and energy, now cost 12.4 percent more than a year ago.
Producer prices, excluding energy and food, are rising about 1 percent a year.
Crude materials, excluding food and energy, increased by 5.4 percent.
Excluding energy, consumer prices were up 0.2 percent in the month.
Excluding food and energy, raw materials prices rose 2 percent.
Excluding energy, prices were only 1.6 percent higher than a year ago.
Prices excluding food and energy are up just 3.5 percent in the last 12 months.
Excluding food and energy, the price of finished goods was up 2.6 percent in April from a year earlier.
Excluding food and energy, the index would have shown an increase of 0.5 percent.