"Inflation on Fastest Pace Since 2000"

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Wed Jan-19-05 02:17 PM
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"Inflation on Fastest Pace Since 2000"

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices jumped 3.3 percent last year as the biggest surge in fuel bills in 14 years pushed up inflation at the fastest pace since 2000, the government reported Wednesday. But in a sign that some relief may be on the way, retail prices fell by 0.1 percent in December, driven lower by the largest one-month drop in energy costs since July.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=7&u=/ap/20050119/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy_22

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