Year-over-year core inflation remains at low 0.8% (by Ruth Mantell)

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Year-over-year core inflation remained at 0.8% in November, matching the record low reached in the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The data go back to 1960. The core personal consumption expenditure price index excludes food and energy. This core gauge of inflation rose 0.1% in November, as expected by economists polled by MarketWatch. The overall inflation gauge rose 0.1% in November, after a 0.2% gain in October. This overall inflation is up 1% in the past year, the lowest since October of 2009. The government's inflation gauges are broad based, and consumers may be more sensitive to price changes of particular items that are frequently purchased, such as gasoline. Also Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that personal incomes rose 0.3% in November, compared with 0.2% expected by economists. Spending gained 0.4%, while Wall Street had expected a gain of 0.5%. Real disposable incomes rose 0.2% in November.