Inflation climbs in September as gas prices stay high

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe September inflation report is out this morning, and it says a monthlong surge in gasoline and other essentials keeps weighing on shoppers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is at a gas station with the details.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing at a pump where the numbers on the sign are climbing faster than the line of cars behind me, and behind me you can see people staring at those digits like a ransom note.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentTwenty years covering conflict zones, Hank, and I've never seen someone open their banking app at the pump before.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSir, tell me what you're doing about it.

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   Desmond Okafor-LindqvistI'm Desmond Okafor-Lindqvist, and I drive one errand a week now.

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   Desmond Okafor-LindqvistEverything else, my wife and I do by looking out the window and deciding we've already been there.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSo the plan is to stay home.

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   Desmond Okafor-LindqvistThe plan is the mailbox. I walk to it slowly, and then I call it a road trip.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLike I said at eight this morning, every great receiver is a quarterback's apology for a bad throw.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEvery gas pump is just the economy's apology, and nobody is getting a refund.