By Steve Goldstein
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Import prices fell 0.1% in December, the fourth fall in five months, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had anticipated a 0.2% gain. November prices were revised to show a 0.8% gain from an initially reported 0.7% advance. Excluding fuel and food, prices rose 0.1% in December. For all of 2011, import prices rose 5.3%, the third year in a row they have increased.
