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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. inflation is heating up and we can put the blame squarely on food and fuel costs. tom, retail prices in april hit their highest level in two and a half years. >> tom: susie, the increases were in line with what economists expected. still, the consumer price index jumped 0.4% last month in large part because of higher prices at the pump. take out food and energy and the core-rate rose a very modest 0.2%. >> susie: higher pr...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. inflation is heating up and we can put the blame squarely on food and fuel costs. tom, retail prices in april hit their highest level in two and a half years. >> tom: susie, the increases were in line with what economists expected. still, the consumer price index jumped 0.4% last month in large part because of higher prices at the pump. take out food and energy and the core-rate rose a very modest 0.2%. >> susie: higher pr...

"nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. inflation is heating up and we can put the blame squarely on food and fuel costs. tom, retail prices in april hit their highest level in two and a half years. >> tom: susie, the increases were in line with what economists expected. still, the consumer price index jumped 0.4% last month in large part because of higher prices at the pump. take out food and energy and the core-ra...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. ben bernanke said today he'll do whatever it takes to prop up the economy. tom, the fed chief's speech at an economic conference in jackson hole wyoming came just hours after the government reported that u.s. economy grew only 1.6% in the second quarter. but bernanke didn't change his forecast. he still believes the economy will grow "at relatively a modest pace" this year. he said there was only a low risk of deflation. and he made a...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. ben bernanke said today he'll do whatever it takes to prop up the economy. tom, the fed chief's speech at an economic conference in jackson hole wyoming came just hours after the government reported that u.s. economy grew only 1.6% in the second quarter. but bernanke didn't change his forecast. he still believes the economy will grow "at relatively a modest pace" this year. he said there was only a low risk of deflation. and he made a...