Wholesale price inflation in the United States shot up 10 percent in February from a year earlier, matching January’s record high and a delivering a fresh sign that inflationary pressures continue to bedevil the U.S. economy. The Producer Price Index (PPI), which tracks inflation before it hits consumers, rose by an annual 10 percent and an over-the-month 0.8 percent in February, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Wholesale gasoline prices vaulted 14.8 percent month-over-month in February, contributing nearly 40 percent to the 2.4 percent jump in wholesale goods prices, a record high. Another major contributor to the wholesale goods price jump was the index for final demand energy, which rose 8.2 percent and accounted for two-thirds of a record-high advance in goods prices. Prices for diesel, jet fuel, motor vehicles and equipment, and dairy products also rose. By contrast, prices of fresh and dry vegetables fell 9.4 percent, while beef and …