From Egg Prices to Housing, US Inflation Is Heating Up Again
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No matter what metric you’re looking at, US inflation is moving in the wrong direction again.
Whether it’s a house or a carton of eggs, price growth is once again intensifying across a broad range of indicators. Much of that has to do with the same supply and demand factors and labor-market pressures that led to the initial inflation surge in the pandemic, while planned tariffs from President Donald Trump are heightening concerns that prices will rise even more.