Inflation [Cry]

2021-05-13

Inflation [Cry]

Just about everything is getting more expensive in the United States

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2021-05-13
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2021-05-13
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2021-05-13
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But the pandemic is far from over, and supply-chain woes mean supply isn't meeting demand -- sending prices even higher.</p>\n<p>Nearly all major components of the government's inflation measure increased in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.</p>\n<p>US consumer prices in April increased 4.2% from a year earlier, more than the 3.6% economists had predicted. It was the biggest 12-month increase since September 2008, the height of the financial crisis.</p>\n<p>Prices rose 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis between March and April — also more than analysts had expected.</p>\n<p>Stripping out more volatile food and energy prices, core inflation was 3% in the 12-month period through April, the biggest increase since January 1996. For the month, core prices rose 0.9%, the largest monthly increase in 39 years.</p>\n<p>Inflation accelerated because \"the economy is recovering from the downturn of 2020 as more Americans are vaccinated, stimulus fuels consumer spending, and businesses gear up for the recovery,\" said PNC senior economist Bill Adams.</p>\n<p>The biggest driver of last month's inflation jump was a steep 10% increase in used cars and truck prices. That spike accounted for more than a third of the overall inflation increase and was the biggest price rise since the government started tracking the data in 1953. Over the past year, used car prices rose 21%.</p>\n<p>The auto market was whipsawed in the pandemic — first collapsing as people hunkered down at home and then spiking as they sought to travel without relying on public transportation. On top of that car manufacturers were closed or running at reduced capacity due to a shortage of computer chips used in vehicles. 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Year-over-year, food prices are up 2.4%.</p>\n<p>Meanwhile, energy prices, which had been a major driver of inflation over the past months, came down slightly. Even so, over the past 12 months, the energy price index climbed more then 25%.</p>\n<p>Supply chain squeeze</p>\n<p>Price increases, supply chain problems and shortages have become hot-button issues for the global economy as it recovers from the pandemic shock of 2020. Higher inflation was expected as the economy began to reopen. The Federal Reserve, whose mandate it is to keep prices stable, continuously said that moderately higher prices this summer will be temporary. But the longer price increases persist, the more attention the Fed will have to pay to them.</p>\n<p>But the supply chain issues -- including the Suez canal traffic jam in March and the hack on the Colonial pipeline last weekend -- exacerbated the problems already created by a shortage of shipping vessels. 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But the pandemic is far from over, and supply-chain woes mean supply isn't meeting demand -- sending prices even higher.\nNearly all major components of the government's inflation measure increased in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.\nUS consumer prices in April increased 4.2% from a year earlier, more than the 3.6% economists had predicted. It was the biggest 12-month increase since September 2008, the height of the financial crisis.\nPrices rose 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis between March and April — also more than analysts had expected.\nStripping out more volatile food and energy prices, core inflation was 3% in the 12-month period through April, the biggest increase since January 1996. For the month, core prices rose 0.9%, the largest monthly increase in 39 years.\nInflation accelerated because \"the economy is recovering from the downturn of 2020 as more Americans are vaccinated, stimulus fuels consumer spending, and businesses gear up for the recovery,\" said PNC senior economist Bill Adams.\nThe biggest driver of last month's inflation jump was a steep 10% increase in used cars and truck prices. That spike accounted for more than a third of the overall inflation increase and was the biggest price rise since the government started tracking the data in 1953. Over the past year, used car prices rose 21%.\nThe auto market was whipsawed in the pandemic — first collapsing as people hunkered down at home and then spiking as they sought to travel without relying on public transportation. On top of that car manufacturers were closed or running at reduced capacity due to a shortage of computer chips used in vehicles. 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