Consumer prices rose 0.6% in September and were 3.7% higher than a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Oct. 14. Gasoline prices jumped 9.1% during the month, accounting for more than half of the monthly increase in the all-items index. Grocery prices were nearly flat: food at home fell 0.1%, while food away from home rose 0.2%. The figures describe national urban consumers and do not isolate Latino households, so they cannot tell us which families bore the largest burden. Still, they offer a clear measure of the cost pressures households face at the pump, in stores and at restaurants as the fall election approaches.