 Breaking news this hour from townhall.com. I'm John Scott. Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month. In a better-than-expected report, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May to June after having remained flat the previous month. All good news, says Mark Hamrick, who's the senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com. Whether you look at the headline or the core, excluding food and energy, these numbers came in better than expected.