SALT LAKE CITY?Inflation along the Wasatch Front rose for the second consecutive month because of rising housing and health care costs, Wells Fargo reported Thursday in its monthly survey.

“Housing and health care cost increases outweighed savings in transportation, clothing and groceries,” said Kelly Matthews, a Wells Fargo economist.

The study attributed the health care increase to higher costs for nonprescription medications.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that national inflation, measured on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, rose 0.4 percent last month.