SHY - Transportation Drives Prices In September

• The AIER Everyday Price Index rose 0.2 percent for the month of September, faster than the 0.1 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index (on a not seasonally adjusted basis).
• The largest positive contributors to the rise in the index in September were intracity transportation, food away from home (primarily restaurants), and energy costs (both household energy services and motor fuel).
• Partially offsetting the increases were declines of 0.4 percent in food at home (groceries), 1.2 percent for housekeeping supplies, and 0.8 percent for prescription drugs.

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