Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tracking Inflation...




JIM LEHRER: Now, inflation.
The government's latest figures show prices made the biggest jump in any 12-month period since October 2008. But when gas and food are added, inflation feels even higher to most Americans. And that presents a dilemma for the Federal Reserve.

NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman reports as part of his ongoing coverage on making sense of financial news.As part of his continuing coverage of Makinul Solman reports on the growing rate of inflation and how Americans are dealing with the extra costo the government's latest figures, prices made the biggest jump in any 12-month period since October 200




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