The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent compared with July, driven higher by rising gasoline prices, the Labor Department reported Friday. Over the year, the consumer price index is up 3.4 percent. | Economy

The producer price index, excluding food and energy, rose 0.2 percent last month, a slowdown from the previous month's revised 0.3 percent increase and lower than the 0.3 percent forecast by economists. | Economy