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The US Is Still Vexed by High Inflation

The US Is Still Vexed by High Inflation
The Federal Reserve building in Washington on March 19, 2019. Leah Millis/Reuters
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The inflationary mess is lasting even longer than I or anyone thought. Even the headlines couldn’t spin this one. The Consumer Price Index report for July came out the other day, and it showed no improvement over the previous month. It’s still rocking at 3.2 percent, with new strength in food and medicine.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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