Inflation surges to new 41-year high of 8.6%: Groceries jump 12% and gasoline soars 49%

The consumer price index rose 8.6% on May from a year ago, the fastest increase since December 1981 Increase was larger than economists expected and topped the recent peak set in March Soaring food and energy prices drove the increase, with groceries up 11.9% and gasoline rising 48.7 percent “And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley