First inflation report since the government shutdown shows an ease to 2.7%

The first inflation report since the government shutdown ended last month is now out. Inflation rose by 2.7% in November year-over-year. There is no month overmonth figure because the October report was cancelled due to the shutdown.What we're talking about here are better than expected numbers. If we're talking about November to November of last year, over that year period, prices increased by 2.7%. That was below what economists had expected.They were expecting something closer to 3.1%. So inflation being ...