Falling import prices are continuing to offer a check on overall U.S. inflation, though there are signs the pressure from abroad may be easing.

Import prices decreased 0.3% in February from the prior month after falling a revised 1% in January, the Labor Department said Friday. It was their eighth consecutive monthly decline; economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected import prices to fall 0.7% from January.

Import prices were down 6.1% in February from a year earlier, the 19th straight annual decline but the smallest annual drop since December 2014.

“Prospects of higher oil prices and slower dollar appreciation should help keep this improving trend intact,” Wells Fargo Securities economists Sam Bullard and Sarah House said in a note to clients.

The latest monthly decline partly reflected falling prices for imported fuels. The price of imported petroleum fell 4.0% from January and was down 38.5% from February 2015.