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Inflation Trend Turns Negative For First Time Since 2009
FYI: Consumer prices fell in January for the third straight month while inflation over the past 12 months turned negative for the first time since 2009, largely because of cheaper gasoline.
The result: paychecks, adjusted for inflation, are stretching further.