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Summers Sees U.S. Inflation Ending 2021 ‘Pretty Close’ to 5%

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Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers predicted inflation will be running “pretty close” to 5% at the end of this year and that bond yields will likely rise as a result over the rest of 2021.