stripping out the volatile food and energy sectors, prices still rose a sharp 6.1% over the year. prices rose 0.9% just from june to july. this is prices paid by businesses. and increasing are then tech he cannily passed on to shopper, either raise the prices for you or maybe the package shrinks a little bit so you are getting less for the same price. wholesale price increases have had growing concerns about inflation as the economy roars back to life. investors have worried higher inflation will force the federal reserve to raise interest rates earlier than expected. jerome powell has said again and again that the situation is only temporary. a turn of events for britney spears, what her father intendses do as the battle over her conservatorship continues.