...Food prices rose 0.9 percent, driven up by steep increases in the cost of eggs and dairy products.Excluding the volatile food and gas categories, core wholesale prices rose only 0.2 percent, below July's increase.In the past 12 months...

...euro currency alliance.One positive trend is that U.S. inflation is low. Core consumer prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, have risen just 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. That's near the Fed's 2 percent target...

...unchanged in June, held down by cheaper gas. Outside the volatile food and energy categories, inflation was mild.Weak economic...Food prices edged up 0.2 percent.Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, "core" prices rose 0.2 percent...

...the Labor Department said. A big drop in gasoline and other energy prices offset a rise in food costs.Excluding volatile food and energy costs, prices fell 0.2 percent in October. That's the biggest drop in core prices in two years. Over...

...mild increases in the cost of food, housing, and clothes.Overall, the consumer price index was flat. Excluding volatile food and gas costs, so-called "core" prices rose 0.2 percent.In the past 12 months, prices have risen 2.3 percent...

...more for cars, clothing and hotel rooms in May. That drove the so-called "core" consumer prices, which exclude volatile food and energy, up by the most in nearly three years.Higher core prices will limit the ability of the Federal Reserve...

...following a drop of 0.2 percent in June. Gas prices accounted for much of the swing. The core index, which excludes volatile food and energy, rose 0.2 percent.The report on weekly unemployment applications does provide some positive signs for...

...Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent in August after jumping 0.5 percent in July. The core index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.2 percent.For the 12 months that ended in August, the core index surged 2 percent...

...followed three months of declines.Pushing the index up was a 4.6 percent increase in the price of gas. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the so-called "core" price index increased 0.1 percent in July.Over the past year, core...

...January, the Labor Department said. But excluding volatile food and energy, prices fell 0.1 percent. That drop...What price pressures did exist all came from the volatile food and energy categories."The 0.2 percent rise in...