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Consumer prices fall in historic drop

Retail prices in the Philadelphia region fell 3.1 percent from October to December the largest bimonthly decrease since 1940,

» READ MORE: according to

the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lower prices for gasoline and other transportation costs were largely responsible for the recent decrease.

It is also the first year-to-year decline since 1956.

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