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#BREAKING US consumer prices rose 6.8% in November, biggest jump since 1982

#UPDATE US consumer prices continued to surge in November, climbing 6.8 percent compared to the same month of 2020, the biggest jump since June 1982, the government said Friday

#BREAKING Biden says price rises start to slow but not as 'quickly as we'd like'

#UPDATE President Joe Biden acknowledged Friday that US inflation is not falling "as quickly as we'd like," but said the economy is recovering strongly from the aftermath of the Covid pandemic

#UPDATE US consumer prices rose last month at a rate not seen in nearly 40 years, the government reported Friday, underscoring how inflation threatens the world's largest economy and President Joe Biden's public support
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