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Inflation hit a bump in October after slowing for six straight months
By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation moved in the wrong direction last month. Consumer prices rose 0.2% last month and were up 2.6% from the year before, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While it appears that progress on reining in price hikes backtracked a bit, Wednesday’s report underscored that the last mile of taming inflation will be a slog. Economists were expecting the annual rate to increase, due to unfavorable comparisons from a year ago and stubborn housing-related inflation. Consensus estimates were for a 0.2% monthly increase and a 2.6% annual increase in the overall CPI, according to FactSet. T

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