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Inflation gauge closely watched by U.S. Fed nears pre-pandemic levels - National | Globalnews.ca

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Prices rose just 2.1% in September from a year earlier , down from a 2.3% rise in August .

That is barely above the Fed ’s 2% inflation target and is in line with readings in 2018 .

On a monthly basis, prices inched up 0.2% from August to September , up slightly from July to August .

Yet some signs of inflation pressures remained.

Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices rose 2.7% from September .

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