As energy prices drop, Alaska’s inflation rate follows

Richard Carrillo, of Juneau, gases up his suburban on July 7, 2016, in Juneau. State economists said low energy prices caused a slower growth of inflation in Alaska last year.
As oil prices have dropped and the state has struggled to pay its bills, Alaskans saw one benefit. The cost of living in Anchorage increased by the smallest amount in nearly three decades.
http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/11INFLATION.mp3At a Tesoro near downtown Juneau, Tim Young makes a quick stop to put a f