Fuel Helps Push Consumer Prices Up in 2004
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Consumer prices jumped 3.3 percent last year as the biggest surge in fuel bills in 14 years pushed up inflation at the fastest pace since 2000, the government reported Wednesday.
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U.S. consumers paid more at the pump  as the average national price for gasoline rose 0.9 cent per  gallon during the past week to $1.884 per gallon, the first  increase in more than a month, the U.S. government said on  Monday.
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The average retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States cost about 6.5 cents more last week, rising for the first time since early July on the back of higher crude oil prices, an industry analyst said on Sunday.
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The average price for a gallon of  gasoline in the United States rose about 6 cents over the past  three weeks on higher global oil prices and capacity reductions  at two refineries in the Midwest, an industry analyst said on  Sunday.
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Surging energy costs drove US consumer prices up by a hefty and larger-than-expected 0.6 percent last month, the biggest jump since May, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Rising food costs helped push consumer prices up for a second straight month in January by 0.4 percent, more than offsetting a moderation in energy price rises as inflation showed signs of gaining steam, according to a Labor Department report on Wednesday.
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The biggest jump in gasoline prices in six months helped push inflation at the wholesale level higher in May although inflation outside of energy remained well-behaved.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose by a mild 0.2 percent in November as costs for gasoline and food products calmed down after posting sharp increases the month before.
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Crude oil shot up $10.93, or 33.6 percent, in 2004 to finish the year at $43.45 a barrel. Insurgent attacks on Iraqi pipelines and within Saudi Arabia fueled concerns over supply shortfalls even as producers pumped at near full capacity.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices rose to  their highest level in more than a month as an increase in  crude oil prices was passed on to consumers at the pump, the  U.S. government said on Monday.
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Rising petrol prices were the main driving force behind a rise in UK inflation, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said increasing fuel costs had seen the consumer price index (CPI) rise 0.1% to 1.2% in October.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices soared past $3 a gallon for the first time in four weeks, following a steep rise in crude oil costs, the government said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Inflation at the consumer level rose by a larger-than-expected amount in January as falling energy prices only partially offset big increases in the cost of medical care, food and airline tickets.
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Consumer prices rose 7.1 percent, the largest increase in more than a decade.
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Inflation at the consumer level rose by a larger-than-expected amount in January as falling energy prices only partially offset big increases in the cost of medical care, food and airline tickets.
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Higher crude prices raise gasoline costs, increasing inflation, and lowering crude prices.
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Flooding in Midwest refineries and bloated oil costs reversed a predicted downdrift in gas prices -- instead pushing average prices to $3.0577, 6 cents higher than the average price three weeks ago, according to survey findings released Sunday.