U.S. inflation surges in October amid continued supply chain bottlenecks (6)

An employee works at a grocery store in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Nov. 10, 2021. U.S. inflation remained elevated in October as supply chain disruptions have persisted for months, surging to the highest level in three decades, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI) soared 0.9 percent in October after rising 0.4 percent in September, according to the latest report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)