The annual rate of US consumer inflation halved from nearly 3% in the period from July 2018 to February 2019, before it then increased to just under 2%. At the same time, core inflation has been much less volatile and it has ranged between 2.00% and 2.30%. In recent times, differences between the two measures has mostly been caused by changes in gasoline (petrol) prices. Consumer price index (CPI) figures...