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Inflation continues to hound American shoppers. In October, overall inflation surged by 6.2% year over year, its fastest 12-month climb since 1990, according to Consumer Price Index statistics released Nov. 10 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While experts previously had predicted a short-lived rise in prices, the inflationary trend now has stretched beyond what many observers…