Photo by: Charles Krupa
In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021, file photograph, beef is displayed in the meat department at Lambert's Rainbow Market, in Westwood, Mass. Wholesale inflation in the United States surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier in a sign that price pressures remain high at all levels of the economy. The Labor Department said Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, that its producer price index, which measures inflation before it reaches consumers, jumped 1% from December. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)