Thank your Comrades and central planners in the People's Republic of DC.
Inflation at the wholesale level rose 1.1% last month. It rose at a similar amount in February and January. We are now experiencing an annualized rate of wholesale inflation of 13.2%.
Oh, but don't worry, the "core" rate (pretending you don't use electricity, gas, or food) is only .2%. Rejoice! Just don't eat, go to work, or turn on the lights and you will not experience inflation!
This inflation is related to the prices in our economic supply chain. IE, if Tyson increases the price they charge your grocery store for chicken. If your grocery store has a profit margin, they can eat the cost for a while and you may not experience the full increase.
The way this rate has been going (as high as 2.6% last November) you will and are experiencing this price increase.
At what point will you guys wake up and realize that the government causes most of our large scale problems through overspending and inflating the money supply? The fed is pumping in $200 billion a month now. That is huge huge huge inflation.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080415/economy.html