The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 0.6% in August from the previous month, in line with estimates.&nbsp;

Prices climbed 3.7% from the same time last year, up from 3.2% in July. It marked the second acceleration in the headline figure in more than a year, underscoring the challenge in <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/economy/inflation" target="_blank">taming high inflation.</a>

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The Labor Department said the consumer price index showed that inflation ticked higher in August as price pressures in the economy remained unusually high.{ai:summary}Consumer prices rose 0.6% in August, in line with expectations. Inflation climbed to 3.7% from a year ago, highlighting the struggle to control high inflation. #economy

Inflation rose 3.7% in August as consumer prices heat up again

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