Eric Luoma

We're just trying to keep things affordable for our customers because we want to keep people buying flowers.

We're just trying to keep things affordable for our customers because we want to keep people buying flowers.

We're just trying to keep things affordable for our customers because we want to keep people buying flowers.

Economists see a sharp 0.6% increase in the Consumer Price Index for April based on the Bloomberg survey median estimate.

That's on the heels of March's biggest monthly advance since 2022.

Prices at the gas pump have vaulted more than 50% since the U.S.

and Israeli-led war on Iran started in late February.

Excluding energy and food, the so-called core CPI, a measure of underlying inflation, is projected to accelerate slightly in April.

Ed Kalecki, Bloomberg Radio.