Inflation Falls for 6th Consecutive Month
The numbers add to growing signs that the worst inflation bout in four decades is waning.
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The numbers add to growing signs that the worst inflation bout in four decades is waning.
The numbers add to growing signs that the worst inflation bout in four decades is waning.
Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation's grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it.
Inflation declined to 6.5% in December compared with a year earlier, the government said Thursday. It was the sixth straight year-over-year slowdown, down from 7.1% in November. On a monthly basis, prices actually slipped 0.1% from November to December, the first such drop since May 2020.
Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it.