Prices rose 0.4% in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in an update to the consumer price index, the first such report since Democrats swept the midterm elections.

The monthly inflation reading is higher than most economists had expected. Because of the government shutdown last October, the BLS did not publish how much inflation increased on a 12-month basis.

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