Consumer prices jumped 4.3% in August from a year earlier, the fastest such increase in three decades.

Investors have been reviewing corporate earnings over the last two weeks and the mostly solid results have helped stocks generally grind higher.

Much of Wall Street assumed the job market had improved enough for the Fed to soon begin paring back its monthly purchases of bonds meant to hold down longer-term interest rates.

A report by the company also cites ransomware attacks as a serious and growing plague, with the United States by far the most targeted country.