WASHINGTON – The consumer price index fell .7% last month, the Labor Department reported today.

The CPI was .1% higher than in December 2007. In November, consumer prices fell 1.7%.

Excluding food and energy costs, the CPI was unchanged in December, as it was in November, after falling .1% in October.

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