MW: Consumer prices show no growth on weaker energy prices
By Ruth Mantell
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. consumer prices showed no growth in September, with a 0% change from the prior month, as energy prices declined and food prices rose, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Energy prices dropped 1.9% after seasonal adjustments. For the second consecutive month, food prices rose 0.6%. The core consumer price index - which excludes food and energy prices - rose 0.1% in September. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were looking for the overall and core consumer prices to each rise 0.2%.
