Little sign of inflation in Nov.

WASHINGTON Consumer prices barely budged last month as moderationin food and energy costs kept inflation under wraps. In good newsfor holiday shoppers, the price of computers, video equipment andtoys all declined.

The Labor Department reported today that its Consumer PriceIndex edged up just 0.2 percent in November, matching the Octoberincrease.

So far this year, inflation is rising at an annual rate of just1.6 percent, even better than last year's 11-year low of 1.7 percent.American consumers have reaped benefits from the global economicturmoil, which has sent the prices of a number of commodities,including oil, skidding to their lowest levels in a decade. …