Photo: Getty Images U.S. inflation picked up last month as prices rose for gas ... up from 2.7 percent in November. It was the third straight increase after inflation fell to a 3 1/2 year low ...
For 2024, core inflation averaged 2.4%, pulling back sharply from the 4.2% rate seen in 2023. The headline measure came in at 2.7% versus 4.8% in 2023, suggesting that policymakers' efforts to tame ...