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Grocery Inflation Is Still a Thorn in America’s Side The US got some relatively positive inflation news on Tuesday. The consumer price index rose a modest 0.3% in December from a month earlier, and the “core” prices that economists prioritize were up just 0.2%, less than the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. There was one big blemish: “Food at home,” perhaps the most psychologically and politically salient category, saw its biggest increase since July 2022. That will hit especially hard for the lowest income Americans, who typically spend abo https://bloom.bg/4qkotQD