Prices went up in April, but inflation still cooled
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The consumer price index is up 3.4% in a year, and \\u2014 setting aside volatile food and fuels costs \\u2014 the CPI increase over 12 months was the lowest in three years. For people fervently hoping interest rates will go down sooner rather than later, this is good news. But can there be too much slowing? We dig in. Plus, we’ll hear how the economy of Necocl\\xed, Colombia, has shifted to serve migrants stopping there.
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