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Policymakers brace for new inflation numbers
Policymakers and investors are bracing for another jump in prices with new inflation figures for April set to be released Wednesday. Economists expect the Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, to show prices rising roughly 8 percent over the past 12 months and 0.2 percent in April alone, according to...
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The Memo: Biden plays a weak hand on inflation
President Biden’s biggest political problem has him in a bind. Inflation is bogging down the president’s approval rating more than any other issue, but there is not a whole lot he can do about it. Biden extoled some of the actions he has taken in a White House speech Tuesday. But the key lever to...
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