A selection of beef cuts is displayed at a Publix Supermarket, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Miami. The Labor Department said Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with a year earlier, the steepest year-over-year increase since February 1982. The acceleration of prices ranged across the economy, from food and furniture to apartment rents, airline fares and electricity. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering American consumers, wiping out…
