Wholesale Producer Price Index inflation rose 0.2% in October and is up 2.4% annually, according to a Thursday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Getting inflation back down to 2% is proving to be a grind. Prices paid to producers for their output climbed by 0.2% last month and 2.4% in the 12 months through October, an uptick from the rate in September, according to the Labor Department. Economists ...

Inflation rose slightly in October in line with economists' expectations, as the consumer price index was up 2.6% from a year ago and 0.2% compared with last month.