Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Gas prices cause historic inflation hike

The Labor Department reported yesterday that soaring costs for gasoline and food pushed inflation at the wholesale level up by a bigger-than-expected 1.8% in June, leaving inflation rising over the past year at the fastest pace in more than 25 years.

Here are the numbers.

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