Prices go higher in region
Higher prices for clothing, housing and gasoline helped drive up inflation 2.1 percent from a year ago in the New York and northern New Jersey region, according to the federal government.
See the statement from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics here.
Nationwide, core inflation (that's minus food and energy), meanwhile, is up 1.1 percent from a year ago.
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