Longest federal government shutdown meant data was only collected for second half of November

US prices rose 2.7% in the year to November, according to federal data released a day after Donald Trump claimed they were falling “very fast” on his watch.

The latest consumer price index, released on Wednesday morning, was down from 3% in September, and short of economists’ expectations of about 3.1% for last month.

It comes amid questions over the strength of the US economy. The longest US federal government shutdown in history halted collection of key data. There was no inflation report for October, and data was only collected for the second half of November.

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    2 days ago

    Sure. But that’s a decades-old problem with much deeper roots than the current president.

    There’s a bigger gulf between Trump and Romney than Romney and Obama. Ds and Rs have largely been in alignment on housing and health care

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      Healthcare is very much a Trump problem, and some have seen doubling of the price in December of the health insurance.

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      Ds and Rs have largely been in alignment on […] health care

      Tell me you never read the full plans for Obamacare without using those words.

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        The full plans didn’t pass the Democrat majority controlled House or Senate.

        Max Baucus would be better attributed as the author of a "Obama"care, as it was his version of the bill that made it to a floor vote.

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          The full plans didn’t pass the Democrat majority controlled House or Senate.

          As though jettisoning the public option wasn’t part of the plan.

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            49 minutes ago

            It wasn’t in the whitepapers Obama is supposed to get credit for. But the compromises and the rug pulls are never in the fine print.