date:Apr 16, 2014
up by the second consecutive 0.4 percent rise in food prices. A drought in the western United States has pushed up prices for meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables.
Gasoline prices fell for a third straight month.
Shelter costs increased 0.3 percent, accounting for almost two-thirds of the rise in the core CPI index.
The largest component of shelter costs - so-called owners' equivalent rent - also rose 0.3 percent last month.
That component is now up 2.6 percent from a year-ago, the largest 12-m