A key measure of prices charged for goods and services produced in the U.S. showed that inflation continued to ease in September.
The core producer price index, which excludes food and energy prices, ticked up by 0.1 percent, the Department of Labor said Tuesday. The report was delayed by several weeks due to the prolonged funding lapse that occurred when Democrats in the Senate filibustered appropriations bills required to keep the federal government functioning.
Including food and energy, the producer price index rose three-tenths of a percent in September. Energy prices jumped 3.5 percent, driven by an 11.8 percent rise in gasoline prices…
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