"Prices at the wholesale level accelerated further in April, part of a broader inflation problem persisting through the U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. The producer price index, which tracks how much manufacturers get for products at their initial sale," rose "11% from a year ago," reports CNBC. "Those numbers came the day after the BLS reported that consumer prices for goods and services in the marketplace rose 8.3% from a year ago...indicative of the worst inflation the U.S. has seen since the early 1980s."