[[[[[ Consumer prices climbed at a 3.2% annual pace in July, marking an uptick from June as services costs showed persistent strength. But growth in core prices, which strips out the volatile food and energy categories, slowed to a 4.7% annual pace, from 4.8% in June.The headline consumer-price index increased 0.2% in July from a month earlier, the Labor Department reported Thursday, compared with a 0.2% climb in June. Economists had expected prices to rise 0.2% in July from June and for the annual pace of gains to increase to 3.3% from 3%. ]]]]]
