talk about. these high gas pricesser zapping money right out of the pockets of consumers. i looked back exactly a year ago in preparation for this. back in april of 2009. jenna: 10. 10 the gas price was almost exactly a dollar cheaper. we ve seen gas prices go up from 2.80 to 3.80 a gallon and they continue to rise. it s a big problem because as you said these higher gas prices are throughout the economy right now in terms of food prices, airline prices, walmart is talking about raising their prices. the interesting thing is that the fed this week responded to obvious concerns by consumers that prices are rising too fast. here is what the fed said, what ben bernanke said. he said we are not too concerned about the inflation right now because they said, even though prices of consumer items are rising, wages are rising.