Consumer prices increased 0.7% last month, the Labor Department reported today.

It was the second consecutive monthly increase. In May, consumer prices rose 0.1%. But in the last year consumer prices fell 1.4%.

Excluding food and energy costs, the CPI increased 0.2% in June, compared with 0.1% in May. That index increased 1.7% in the past year.

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