Consumer prices rose by an average of 5% in the Northeast over the past year – three times the annual U.S. average over the previous decade.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Jump in prices should worry Democrats on path to midterms
If inflation is a problem in 2022, voters will have reason to blame the majority party, both in Augusta and in Washington.
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Posted inBusiness
Federal Reserve to discuss a pullback in economic aid with inflation up
The worry is that the the Fed will respond too aggressively and quickly raise interest rates which could cause another recession.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This is not your father’s inflation
The economic conditions that drove double-digit inflation in the 1970s are not at play today.