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US inflation cooled to a 6-month low

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Inflation slowed sharply in March, new data showed Thursday, and in any other timeline, such news would stoke optimism that Americans’ cost of living is no longer surging.
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U.S. wholesale prices fell last month in another sign that inflationary pressures are easing.
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The CPI fell largely in part to a decline in energy prices, which fell 2.4% in March, the BLS reported.
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