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The consumer price index rose in September 2.4 percent from a year earlier, the Department of Labor said Thursday. Economists had forecast a 2.3 percent increase in consumer prices after the August reading. Former President Donald Trump has taken the lead in two of the three so-called Blue Wall states that Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris likely must win, if she hopes to prevail in the general election next month. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing machinist strike — than a broader softening in the labor market... If you believe that. This and more on this episode.