Word: rising
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January's unexpected I percent rise in the Producer Price Index for finished goods was the biggest monthly increase since an identical surge in October 1985, and the Labor Department said it was equivalent to a 12.7 percent annual rate of inflation...
...increase was paced by the steepest increase in food prices in a year, the largest rise in energy prices in two years and sharply higher costs in a variety of other categories as well...
Energy prices were up 4.9 percent last month, in part reflecting recent acceleration in crude oil prices. January's increase, the biggest since a 7.2 percent rise in January 1987, was paced by an 11.6 percent rise in home heating oil and also included a 4.1 percent jump in wholesale gasoline prices and a 4.8 percent rise in natural...
With the after-effects of last summer's drought still in evidence, food prices one stop short of grocery store shelves were up 1.1 percent last month, the steepest increase since a 1.5 percent rise in January...
Just look at the New York Knickerbockers. Long-suffering Knick fans have watched their beloved five rise from the Atlantic Division cellar to the attic loft in just three years, CBA rejects like Ken "The Animal" Bannister--who once shot a free throw off the side of the backboard--have been replaced by legitimate NBA stars...