U.S. consumer inflation eased again to 6.5% in December 

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Inflation eased to 6.5% in December compared with 12 months earlier. It was the sixth straight year-over-year slowdown. On a monthly basis, prices actually slipped 0.1% from November to December, the first such drop since May 2020. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO / TED SHAFFREY
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation's grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it.  Inflation declined to 6.5% in December compared with a year earlier, the government said Thursday. It was…

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