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Are store prices down from last year? I'll pull the latest year-over-year data to compare. No - on average, prices in stores are still higher than a year ago, even though the rate of increase has slowed and some individual items are cheaper. Overall consumer prices were 3.7% higher in September than a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August. That is the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all

Your question on prices vs. a year ago — I'll pull the latest inflation and store price data to compare. No - prices in stores are still higher than a year ago, just rising more slowly in some cases. - Overall consumer prices were 3.7% higher in September than a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August. The prior month report also showed overall prices increased 3.4% over the past year. - For grocer