in the US dipped again in August to 8.3 percent, thanks largely to falling gas prices, but remained near four-decade highs.The Commerce Department's latest report on Tuesday represented a drop from a four-decade high of 9.1 percent in June and 8.5 percent in July -- but showed that inflation is still running hot. On a monthly basis — the figures the , the agency charged with fighting inflation, monitors most closely — consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in August, after remaining flat in July.
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