U.S. inflation reaches lowest point since February 2021, though some price pressures remain  

PEOPLE BUY groceries at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, N.J. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from 2.5% in August, and the smallest annual rise since February 2021. Measured from month to month, prices increased 0.2% from August to September, the Labor Department reported Thursday, the same as in the previous month. /ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO/ EDUARDO MUNOZ

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.   Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from

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