Finance & economics | Price wars
American inflation: global phenomenon or homegrown headache?
It is wrong to deny that fiscal and monetary stimulus have helped cause the problem
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Editor’s note: On November 22nd, after this article was published, the White House said it would nominate Jerome Powell to a second term at the Federal Reserve
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Homegrown headache”
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