KQEH Nightly Business Report May 14, 2011
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...