Inflation rose again in September, revealing the persistence of rising prices as the job market shows signs of cooling and consumers head into the holiday season.

Consumer prices increased 3% from a year earlier, slightly up from 2.9% in August, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, a measure of goods and services costs across the country.

On a monthly basis, costs increased 0.3 % after rising 0.4% in August.

Price gains were led by increases for gasoline and energy, which rose 4.1% and 1.5% over the month, respectively. Shelter, airline fares, recreation, household furnishings and operations, and apparel prices all increased. The cost of motor vehicle insurance, used cars and trucks, and goods and services in the communications industry declined in September.

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