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Metro area prices up in January
Prices in the metropolitan area rose last month because of the higher cost of housing and energy.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday reported its consumer price index for the 31-county region that includes Long Island and New York City climbed 2.2 percent in January compared with a year earlier.
The rate of increase, year over year, was the highest since April 2012, when...
