The cost of living in the US jumped last month, pushed higher by a surge in the cost of used cars and trucks and medical care commodities. That saw the yield on the benchmark two-year US Treasury note tack on three basis points to 2.01%. Headline consumer prices advanced by 0.1% month-on-month in December, according to the Department of Labor, and at 2.1% clip year-on-year. That was in-line with economists' forecasts. At the 'core' level however, prices surged by 0.3% over the month, boosting ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...