Just what IS keeping inflation so high? The everyday items that continue to go up in price revealed - as annual rate of inflation holds steady at 3.7%
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Just what IS keeping inflation so high? The everyday items that continue to go up in price revealed - as annual rate of inflation holds steady at 3.7%

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Figures are unlikely to significantly impact Fed interest rates, analysts say Annual inflation held steady in September, with prices increasing 3.7 percent on the year prior, thanks mainly to the cost of food and energy. Annual inflation held steady in September, with prices increasing 3.7 percent on the year prior, thanks mainly to the cost of food and energy. Data shows how standard grocery items increased in price between August and September Figures released on Thursday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the biggest risers and fallers All types of food were up 0.2 percent, the same increase as the month prior, whereas energy was up 1.5 percent, a significant drop on August, when it was 5.6 percent. The September inflation figures are the last before the Fed is due to meet on November 1 and once again revise its benchmark interest rates The cost of all types of food was up 0.2 percent, the same increase as the month prior A rise in the gasoline index was a major contributor to consumer inflation, the Labor Department noted in its report Jay Bryson of Wells Fargo told Bloomberg TV that Thursday's figures were a 'damp squib' in that they would not be changing anyone's outlook on the economy.

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