Consumer prices jump 1.1 percent in June (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 07/16/2008 - 8:09am

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke reports on the economy as he appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Consumer prices shot up in June at the fastest pace in 26 years with two-thirds of the surge blamed on soaring energy prices.




 

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