Beef, coffee and produce are among the items that have gotten more expensive recently, inflation data on Tuesday showed.

Beef, coffee and produce were among the items that surged in price, inflation data showed.

Consumer prices rose less than forecasters anticipated in December, according to a key measure of inflation.

WASHINGTON - The final inflation report of 2025 showed that prices rose 2.7% in December from a year ago, a sign that cost pressures for consumers remain slow to ease, particularly for everyday items. A drop in the price of gasoline helped slow overall inflation, falling 0.5% in December compared to a month earlier. This partially offset a sharp increase in the cost of food. Prices at the supermarket jumped 0.7% in December as grocery costs climbed across most categories, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tuesday’s report follows the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted from the beginning of October to the middle of November. Economists say its lingering effects could be to distort some economic data, including inflation reports, in the months ahead. The U.S. central bank, tasked with balancing inflation and unemployment through its influential interest rates, and its chairman, Jerome Powell, now face an investigation from the Justice Department over a building renovation. The…