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Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here. I'm your host, Chris Helm.

I'm joined in studio by Motley Fool Senior Analyst Seth Jason, James Early,

and Ron Gross. Guys, good to see you.

Good to see you, Chris. Today's show will look at the winners and losers with Verizon's iPhone.

We'll examine the latest earnings from Intel, JP Morgan, Chase, and more,

and we'll get a report from the big auto show in Detroit.

All that, plus as always, a look at the stocks on our radar.

But we begin with the big macro. On Thursday, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke said in a speech

to the FDIC that he expects the U.S. economy to grow three to four percent this year.

And on Friday, the Labor Department reported the consumer price index rose 0.5%.

Ron Gross, let me start with you. The estimate for the CPI was 0.4%.

So inflation's a bit higher. What did you make in the numbers?

Well, Chris, those predictions are so imprecise. I'm really not going to split hairs over 8.1%.

Either way, let's drill down on what actually happened. So 80% of the increase

was due to an 8.5% rise in the gasoline index. And that shouldn't be a surprise because earlier in the week

we saw when we got wholesale price inflation numbers, we saw a rise in energy prices there.

And we also saw a tick up in food prices as well, which also shouldn't be a surprise

because that's continuing a trend we've seen.

So for the most part, unemployment seems relatively tame,

except for in these two important areas, which actually has an effect on the working class to a significant extent.

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