December consumer prices fall most in 6 years

“It’s the one part … that is not trending in the direction that (the Fed) wants to see,” says Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

Taking out the volatile food and energy prices, core inflation rose 1.6%, tying its lowest mark for 2014.

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