Photo: The Canadian Press Megan Cherry sits for a portrait with her two-year-old son in their home in Temple Terrace, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Cherry is among millions of Americans who are feeling the ongoing impacts of inflation, which hit four-decade highs in 2022. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld) Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall U.S. inflation in December, a sign that the Federal Reserve's drive to slow inflation to its 2% target will likely remain a bumpy one. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that overall prices rose 0.3% from November and 3.4% from 12 months earlier. Those gains exceeded the…
