41.   That means higher import prices are less likely to bolster consumer inflation.

42.   The annual rate of consumer price inflation is the lowest in more than a decade.

43.   The Bundesbank yesterday left its key rates steady, after learning that consumer price inflation accelerated in June.

44.   The government said the main contributors to consumer inflation in the year were cigarette and tobacco prices, hospital and medical services, private house rents and vehicle insurance.

45.   The Labor Department is scheduled to issue November figures for producer price inflation Tuesday, and for consumer price inflation Wednesday.

46.   The main contributors to consumer inflation in the year were higher prices for medical and hospital services, fuel, vehicle insurance and take away foods.

47.   The January report on consumer inflation will be in the following week.

48.   The overall rate of consumer price inflation has been held down by cheap imported goods, whose low prices reflected weak economies overseas.

49.   The September report on consumer price inflation will be released Friday.

50.   The surge, which continued Friday despite positive news on consumer inflation, frustrates the Federal Reserve, which has aggressively tried push rates lower to help the economy.