increase. the government announced monthly payments so this increases the amount to $21.03 a month. benefits for americans on the program will increase by about we saw bigger hike at start of 1.7 percent, retired workers receive an average of $1,200 a this year at 3.6 percent but there were no hikes during the month in social security previous two years. gerri willis is live in our new york studio. that would pay for a third of a gallon of gasoline. gerri: you got that right. this is the smallest increase since they have been put in place in 1975 tied to the consume price index which measures inflation. we got one of those reports out today and prices are up .1 percent month-to-month and 2 percent year-over-year and the folks think that is fine. that is well in their margin for error. shepard: if you are on a fixed income and you rely on this money and prices are going up like they are, how happy are you? gear the government says prices are not going up, medical prices
through. bret: all right, brit, thank you. you bet. bret: crude oil picked up today where it left off on friday. that will cost you money. future were up 1.03 to finish at $108 a barrel. $3 increase over the last two trading days. the national average for gasoline is 3.84 a gallon. up four cents from a week ago. the dow got back in positive territory today gaining 6 and a half. the s&p 500 was up 5 and a half. the nasdaq finished up 23. newly obtained documents show top suspect in operation fast and furious just months into the operation but let him go. records from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives indicate manuel was stopped in may of 2010 along the arizona, mexico border. he was let go after saying he would cooperate and stay in touch with agents. he never did. and was rearrested in 2010. the atf is not commenting on this story. a.t.m. he says you are right
these are multi grain. the top humus is from cedars. this is good. i like this. you might have your favorite grand of humus but guacamole salsa those are great dips. forget the con case so. if you have it that s all right but it is pretty fattening. 30 calories that s pretty good. this is only 30 calories a tablespoon. move to the more fattening stuff. chicken wings are probably a little more fattening, right? a little more fattening. i priced these at my local chicken joint. they went for 2.31 a serving. tgi fridays and walgreens cafe w these are two winners from our wings tasteoff. this one will cost 1.50 for serving and this is 1.03 for serving. put a little ranch dressing out. we nuke these in the microwave.
comes from. how does your town stack up? we will get gerri s two cents. this survey is interesting. anyone who tries to tell me groceries are cheaper, i want to take them through the aisles. guest: listen, here is what they say, columbia university economists saying in big markets leak new york city with 9.3 million people, those big markets have to have lower prices because there is more selection, more product, more goods. so they say the prices in new york city, 10 percent lower, 10 percent lower than the rest of the country. i have to tell you, they win nobel prizes for this work. and now we will put the theory to work. i will show you what they think would happen, so orange juice, half gallon of orange juice was $1 in bam it would be $1.03 in kansas and 93 cent in pittsburgh and new york city 91 cents.
is 1.03 today we have more canadians buying a second home. so many are flocking to the valley of the sun. marine porter launched a real estate company catering to buyers north of the border. more canadian license plates we see. in addition to getting more bang for her buck here in the states, the other plus is escaping the harsh winters. canadians are usually the ones in flip flops and shorts and t-shirts and the arizonians are in the furs and boots and scarves and sometimes hats and mitts. we see them walk so it is quite interesting to see. there are currently 100,000 canadians that call arizona home specifically to the phoenix area . another half million are part-time residents of the state. quite a big number. i wonder how they would do