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Annual inflation steadies, but stays higher than in recent months

Consumer prices rose 2.7% in July from a year ago, the same increase reported in June. However, that was still higher than it was earlier this year.

NPR’s chief economics correspondent, Scott Horsley, has been parsing through the data and shares the latest with Here & Now‘s Scott Tong.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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