HUFFINGTON POST: …The Labor Department said Friday that consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent last month, the first increase since March. Higher gas prices accounted for 80 percent of the increase. Food prices rose 0.2 percent.
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices edged up 0.1 percent for the second straight month. Rents, medical care and new cars got more expensive, while clothing, furniture and airline fares fell in price…
For now, the economy isn’t growing fast enough to spur greater job gains. The economy expanded at a 1.7 percent annual pace in the April-June quarter. That’s down from 2 percent in the first quarter and 4.1 percent in the final three months of last year… (more)
EDITOR: Low inflation suggests the danger of future deflation. Inflation reduces the burden of debt, for individuals, companies, states and nation. Deflation does the opposite. A certain amount of inflation is normal during normal economic times.
