It was an awkward week for the many pundits and economists that spent last fall hanging the “Mission Accomplished” banner in the war on inflation, as the closely-watched CPI reading for March came in above expectations and showed a clear reacceleration of annual price increases across most categories.
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It was an awkward week for the many pundits and economists that spent last fall hanging the “Mission Accomplished” banner in the war on inflation, as the closely-watched CPI reading for March came in above expectations and showed a clear reacceleration of annual price increases across most categories.