Consumers paid more for food and gas.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Consumers-paid-more-for-food-apf-1993942050.html?x=0From the article
"Those increases are key reasons overall inflation has jumped 3.9 percent in the 12 months ending in September, the largest year-over-year increase in three years. Core prices have increased 2 percent for the same period.
At the same time, inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent in September, the Labor Department said Wednesday. In the past year, average inflation-adjusted hourly earnings have dropped 1.9 percent."