Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981

biz.yahoo.com — The Labor Department reported that wholesale prices shot up 1.2 percent in July, pushed higher by rising costs for energy, motor vehicles and other products. The increase was more than twice than expected. Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years Aug 19, 2008 View in Crawl 4