Consumer prices increased 0.1% last month.
It was the first change since March, when they fell 0.1%. During the past year, the consumer price index fell 1.3%.
Excluding food and energy costs, the CPI increased 0.1% in May, compared with 0.3% in April. The index increased 1.6% in the past year.
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Energy prices rose 0.2% in May, after falling 2.4% in April. Those prices have fallen 27.3% in the past year.
Food prices fell 0.2% in May, the same as in April. They have increased 2.7% in the last year.
Transportation prices increased 0.8% in May, compared with a 0.4% drop in April and a 14.3% decline for the last year.
Housing prices fell 0.1%-the same as in March and April-and have increased 2.7% during the last year.
Medical costs increased 0.3% last month-compared with a 0.4% increase in April, and have risen 0.3% in the last year.
Education and communication prices increased 0.3% in May -unchanged from April-and have risen 3.4% during the past 12 months.
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