According to a report affected by the government shutdown, the U.S. underlying inflation rate rose year-over-year in November, but at its slowest pace since early 2021. Data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the core CPI, excluding volatile food and energy prices, rose 2.6% in November. Two months earlier, the year-over-year increase was 3%. The overall CPI rose 2.7% year-over-year in November. Due to the government shutdown, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was unable to collect most of the price data for October, limiting the agency's ability to determine broader inflation indicators and month-over-month changes in many key categories for November. (Jinshi)