 and 2.6% from last year. The latest figures will likely be welcomed by the Fed's policymakers, who have said they need to feel confident that inflation is slowing sustainably toward their 2% target before they'd start cutting interest rates. I'm Shelley Adler. Wall Street ending the week on a down note. The Dow was off 45 points. NASDAQ fell 126. More on these stories at townhall.com.