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Consumers paid more for food, gas in September

Consumers paid more for food, gas in September

Consumers paid more for food and gas last month, although inflation outside those volatile categories was tame. The Labor Department says the Consumer Price Index rose 0.3 percent in September, below a 0.4 percent rise in August. Excluding food and energy, so-called core prices increased 0.1 percent, the smallest rise since March.

Senh: Great. Now that people are making less or unemployed, they have to pay more for necessities.

 

U.S. Consumer Prices Up 0.5%, Pushed Mainly by Food and Gas

The Consumer Price Index report for March said that outside of food and energy, prices remained subdued last month, rising just 0.1 percent.

 

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