By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
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U.S. consumer prices fell 0.6%, at the fastest rate since 1949 in November, plunging 0.6% as energy prices retreated, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Core prices, meanwhile, rose 0.2% for the second straight month, keeping the pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates higher in coming months.


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