September prices rose 3.7 percent.

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices accelerated in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in the month, seasonally adjusted, and 3.7 percent over the year. In August the yearly rate was 3.4 percent. Economists polled by Reuters had expected 0.6 percent on the month and 3.6 percent on the year. Gasoline drove the increase. Prices excluding food and energy rose 0.3 percent in the month and 2.6 percent over the year, up from 2.4 percent in August.

Reuters reported that a Reuters/Ipsos poll found about 78 percent of Americans blamed Trump’s policies, including tariffs and the war with Iran, for prices that are outrunning wages. The Federal Reserve raised its target range in September to 3.75 to 4.00 percent. It meets again Oct. 27 and 28. Reuters also reported that software prices were up 28 percent from a year earlier, the largest increase on record, and that toy prices set a record rise of their own. This note is the index. It is not a stock-market close.

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in September and 3.7 percent over the year.

The photograph is a station price sign, an American flag over the board. The figures on the sign are not the September index, and they are not a national average this desk is reporting. The Economy desk files the 3.7 percent. The House map is the front.