U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 0.2% in October; Core Unchanged

"The consumer-price index increased 0.2 percent after a 0.1 percent rise the prior month, the Labor Department said today in Washington. A 0.3 percent gain was forecast by economists, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg News survey. Excluding food and fuel, so-called core costs increased 0.6 percent from October 2009, the smallest gain on record."