Expensive Gas Drove Up Inflation

WASHINGTON (AP) — More expensive gas drove up consumer prices in August by the most in three years. But outside energy, inflation was tame. The Labor Department says consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent last month, the first increase since March. Higher gas prices accounted for 80 percent of the increase. Food prices rose 0.2 percent. The government also reports that U.S. retail sales rose in August from July because consumers paid higher gas prices and bought more cars and trucks.