Dow Jones drops 76 points as Wall Street reacts to CPI figure

NEW YORK, New York - A higher than expected inflation figure for August unsettled U.S. stock markets Wednesday.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Over the last 12 months, the all it