Inflation here? gas/grocery prices just continue to climb

In today's central Louisiana depressing as all heck gas report, I just filled up my tank. For 3/4 of a tank, it cost me $73. Price was $4.54, up more than ten cents from mid-week. It's bad when it jumps up five or six cents over a week or so, but when it jumps more than ten cents at a time, it really hurts.