Inflation accelerated in April for the first time in three months to match the fastest pace since October 2009 as higher food prices and gasoline shortages fanned cost pressures. The inflation rate climbed to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent in March, the State Statistics Service said Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent from a month earlier, compared with 0.6 percent in March. The Central Bank unexpectedly raised […]