Reuters - U.S. industrial output posted its biggest gain in more than a year, rising a much larger-than-expected 1.0 percent in February, fueled by motor vehicles, high-tech and utilities, a government report said on Friday.

Reuters - Consumer prices climbed more than expected in February as energy costs bounced back from a January drop and food prices climbed at the steepest rate in nearly two years, a Labor Department report on Friday showed.

Reuters - Corrects 7th paragraph to read: "Industrial output..." rather than the subcomponent "Manufacturing output..."

AFP - The US dollar fell sharply Friday after an inflation snapshot triggered renewed concerns about the US economy, traders said.