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In the midst of this, the US producer price index rose again from the previous month for the first time in three months.
If the consumer price index released today (13th) is also high, the US Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates sharply again next month.
By Kim Yong-cheol, staff reporter.
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U.S. Department of Labor reported that the producer price index rose 8.5 percent last month from a year earlier.
Although it slowed slightly from the 8.7% increase in August, it was higher than the 8.4% expected by experts.
Producer prices rose 0.4% compared to the previous month, showing an upward trend again for the first time in three months.
The figure returned to an upward trend after three months, higher than the market consensus of 0.2%.
Excluding energy and food, core producer prices rose 5.6% from a year ago.
The rate of increase from the previous month was 0.4%, expanding from July and August, exceeding the market consensus of 0.3%.
Although global supply chains have improved, prices for services such as travel, lodging, dining and hospitals have pushed up overall producer prices, the U.S. Department of Labor explained.
The US media analyzed that even with the US Federal Reserve's intense monetary tightening to catch inflation, it would take a long time for inflation to subside.
Financial markets around the world are keeping an eye on the US CPI for September, which will be released tonight in our time.
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points for the third time in a row through the end of the month.
If consumer prices remain high following producer prices, the Fed is expected to continue raising interest rates at a similar level next month.