U.S. markets were down in early trading after the news with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 108.12 points, or 0.25%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.22% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.2%.

Restaurant food prices increased 0.3% last month and are up 3.9% in the past year. And clothing prices rose 1.1% from August to September and are up 1.8% from a year ago.

The Commerce Department's personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, closely watched by the Federal Reserve, increased 0.2% in September after an unrevised 0.1% gain in August ...