US CPI growth accelerates on high energy prices in September

A customer shops in a supermarket in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York on September 28, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) posted higher month-on-month and year-on-year growth in September due to high energy prices, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Wednesday.

U.S. CPI grew 0.6 percent month on month and 3.7 percent year on year in September, up from 0.4 percent and 3.4 percent in August, respectively.