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Supply Chain Problems Expected to Persist, Could Further Inflate Prices

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Supply Chain Problems Expected to Persist, Could Further Inflate Prices
Cargo containers are stacked at Yantian port in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong Province on June 21, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
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Consumer prices jumped 7 percent in 2021, the largest annual increase in nearly four decades. After months of increasing prices, the most pressing question now is: Has inflation in the United States peaked?

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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