Biden Touts Steps to Ease Inflation as Holiday Shopping Starts

Administration links 2022 inflation surge to supply chains
Biden gathers new group to bolster shipping, manufacuring

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By Michelle Jamrisko and Gregory Korte

November 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM UTC

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November 27, 2023 at 8:07 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden took credit for easing supply-chain pressures and lowering inflation ahead of the holiday shopping season, while acknowledging he must do more to help US consumers battered by high prices.