# Rising petrol costs drive sharp US inflation increase in August

https://mins.news/en/item/55016

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-11 17:28 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/11/rising-petrol-costs-drive-sharp-inflation-increase-in-us-in-august?traffic_source=rss

> US consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in August, the biggest monthly increase in four months. Petrol prices climbed 3.9 percent and accounted for one-third of the overall rise, as tensions between Iran and the US and bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher. The data strengthened expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike.

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