Tumbling energy prices held the government's main inflation gauge to a moderate 0.2 percent gain in August, with the Consumer Price Index repeating the 0.2 upturn it made in July.... US exports declined, but so did the price of oil and Asian imports, holding the US trade deficit to a 2.1 percent gain in July, at US$13.92 billion.
Econ: By the Numbers
Tumbling energy prices held the government's main inflation gauge to a moderate 0.2 percent gain in August, with the Consumer Price Index repeating the 0.2 upturn it made in July.... US exports declined, but so did the price of oil and Asian imports, holding the US trade deficit to a 2.1 percent gain in July, at US$13.92 billion.
