Inflation to Remain High in 2022, Congressional Budget Office Warns

Inflation to Remain High in 2022, Congressional Budget Office Warns
Prices for gas at an Exxon gas station on Capitol Hill in Washington are seen March 14, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is expecting inflation to remain elevated in 2022 and then to subsequently decrease over the next couple of years, the agency said on May 25.

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, will be 4 percent in 2022, the agency projected in its recently published Budget and Economic Outlook report (pdf).