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October 14, 2021

Inflation up 5.4% from last year

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — Another surge in consumer prices in September pushed inflation up 5.4% from where it was a year ago, matching the highest shift since 2008 as tangled global supply lines continue to create havoc.

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in September from August as the costs of new cars, food, gas and restaurant meals all jumped.


 
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