The numbers: The cost of living rose a scant 0.1% in November thanks to lower oil prices, but another key measure of inflation showed higher costs of other goods and services such as rent and used cars.
Economists polled by the the Wall Street Journal had forecast a second straight flat reading in the consumer-price index.
If food and gas are set aside, so-called core consumer prices rose a somewhat sharper 0.3% last month and matched the Wall…
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