Consumer prices increased 0.4% last month, the Labor Department reported today.

Prices have increased during three of the last four months, though in July they were unchanged. In the last year consumer prices fell 1.5%.

Excluding food and energy costs, the CPI increased 0.1% in August, the same as in July. That index increased 1.4% in the past year.

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