US has discussed fuel supply, prices with producers, refiners -White House

The U.S. Energy Department has talked to oil producers and refiners to ensure stable fuel supplies at a time of rising gasoline prices, Jared Bernstein, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said on Wednesday. Rising U.S. gasoline prices were largely behind the largest increase in U.S. consumer prices in 14 months in August. Gasoline prices jumped 10.6% in August after climbing 0.2% in July, accounting for more than half the increase in the Consumer Price Index.