WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in nearly 1½ years in August and underlying inflation pressures were muted, which could lessen the urgency for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index dropped 0.2% last month as a broad decline in energy prices offset increases in food and shelter costs.
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