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Inflation slowed sharply in November, the government reported Tuesday, continuing a gradual decline since price hikes peaked across the U.S. this summer.The Consumer Price Index rose 7.1% over the last 12 months, the L
stanley cup abor Department said, lower than the 7.3% increase economists had expected and the slowest rate of inflation since December of 2021. Falling prices for energy, commodities and used cars offset increases in food and shelter. Core inflation, which tracks average price increases except for volatile food and energy costs, rose 6%, slowing its previous rate of growth. Overall, prices are moving in the right direction although annual rates of change remain elevated, well above the 2% target, Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist of High Frequency Economics, said in a report.Supply chains untangleGas prices have dropped from their mid-summer highs and are lower than they were a year ago. Many supply chains have unsnarled, helping lower the costs of imported goods and parts. Prices for lumber, copper, wheat and other commodities have also fallen, pushing down costs of construction and food. The strong disinflationary goods trend reflects
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stanley cup more services, and a weakening in global economic activity, Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide, said in an email. The Fed will take some comfort in the sharper than expected deceleration in co Jgcl Another round of powerful storms hitting Midwest, South
Former Senator Alan Simpson was one of four people chosen to give a eulog
yeezy y atformer President George H.W. Bush s funeralat the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Here is a transcript of his remarks:Relax. George told me I only had 10 minutes. He was very direct about it. It wasn t even funny.Now, I first met my friend, my dear friend, George Bush, in 1962 when my father, Milward Simpson, was a member of the United States Senate, just elected, and I came back to Washington with dad to settle on his new office being vacated by one Senator Prescott Bush, George s father. Well then, we met again when my parents left Washington and sold their home to a brand spank
af1 ing new congressman from Texas named George Herbert Walker Bush. So George and Barbara, mom and pop did that sale on a handshake. Sound familiar Then I came to the Senate in 1978 and soon after that Ronald Reagan cornered me and asked me
af1 to support him for president. I said I would mdash; not knowing that my friend George would enter the fray. Hearing that, I called and I said, George, I want to tell you I d love to help but I already committed to Ronald Reagan. George s response, Well Al, I m sorry about that. I probably should ve let you know sooner. And actually, a guy doesn t get very many calls my friend who says they can t support him. Sound familiar Of course it does because in George Bush s theme of life during all the highs and lows, there was a simple credo: What
