Another surge in energy prices helped push U.S. underlying inflation up at the sharpest rate in 2-1/2 years during March, the Labor Department said on Wednesday in a report that rocked financial markets.
The Consumer Price Index, widely used as a major gauge of inflation, was up 0.6 percent last month — the sharpest monthly gain since October — following a 0.4 percent rise in February.
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