The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation fell to a 4.2 percent annual increase as price growth throughout the economy continue to drop. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.1 percent on the month, the Commerce Department reported, far less than the 0.4 percent projected by economists. The “core” PCE, which excludes food and energy costs, rose just 0.3 percent. The annual inflation rate fell nearly a full percentage point in March. Prices were was up 5.1 percent annually in February, up 5.4 percent in January and 5.3 percent in December. The PCE price index has been falling for several months now off an annual increase of 6.9 percent last
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