Business Briefing: Consumer prices rise with fuel costs

The costs of consumer goods have increased as prices at the pump have risen.

The Consumer Price Index has jumped from a 0.1 percent increase in April to 0.4 percent in May, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

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McDonald’s will be closing more restaurants this year than it will open, which hasn’t happened in 45 years. Read more here.

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Airbus recently defeated Boeing in an annual commercial jet-selling competition in Paris. Find out more here.

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Cincinnati-based Kroger has reported larger first-quarter profit as the supermarket chain has recently been freed of some pension-related charges. Learn more here.

-Will Buss, BND business writer

This story was originally published June 18, 2015 at 10:04 AM with the headline "Business Briefing: Consumer prices rise with fuel costs."