Higher Gas and Food Prices Fuel U.S. Inflation Rise

Soaring gasoline and food prices helped drive up the U.S. Consumer Price Index, an indicator of inflation, by four-tenths of a percent in April, the Labor Department said on Friday.
Higher Gas and Food Prices Fuel U.S. Inflation Rise
A BP station in downtown Chicago charges $4.79 a gallon for regular gas on May 3, 2011. Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty Images
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A BP station in downtown Chicago charges $4.79 a gallon for regular gas on May 3, 2011. (Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty Images)
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