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By Jim Puzzanghera and Don Lee / The Bulletin
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — Higher prices seeped from the gas pump into the broader U.S. economy in May, adding new hurdles for the sluggish recovery and the government’s options for boosting it.
The combination of a stagnant economy and rising inflation led some economists to worry that the country might be....