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Kellogg's and General Mills have already raised prices for cereal, for example.

But the risk is what happens if prices continue to rise beyond what the Fed is expecting. The Fed wants inflation to be around 2% over the long term, and policymakers have committed to keeping interest rates near zero for the time being. The policymaker insists the increase in prices is going to be short-lived – or "transitory" – reflecting supply chain snarls and pent-up demand from Americans now happy to spend money on trips or outdoor activities. "The one thing economists always try to do is distinguish between a price pop and inflation," Lee says.įederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has argued the economy is experiencing the former. What matters most is how long these higher prices last. And millions of Americans remain unemployed or struggling, and they are likely to be disproportionately affected by higher prices. Companies have reported record profits, but they could struggle if they continue to face higher costs. "Everything you can think of is going up," says William Lee, chief economist at the Milken Institute.įor an economy finally starting to roar back from the pandemic recession, higher inflation poses a major potential risk. Airfares and hotel prices also jumped as rapid vaccine rollouts are encouraging Americans to travel again. Price increases affected a range of goods from big-ticket items such as used cars to kitchen staples such as bacon. And the government also pumped trillions of dollars into the economy in a bid to blunt the impact from the coronavirus, contributing to inflation. The accelerating inflation comes as companies have been forced to pay more to secure critical materials such as lumber and steel amid continued disruptions to the global supply chain. That was the largest 12-month increase since a 4.9% one in September 2008 in the depths of the global financial crisis, the Labor Department added. You may have already noticed it, but yes, many things you need or love have gotten more expensive, a lot more expensive.Ĭonsumer prices surged 4.2% in April from the depressed levels of a year earlier when the global economy was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Labor Department on Wednesday. A year later, prices for most goods have jumped, according to government data, as companies struggle to secure critical raw materials amid supply constraints.

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A shopper's cart is full in the checkout line at a ShopRite supermarket in April 2020 in Plainview, N.Y. The runway is 40m minimum long, 1.22m 0.01m wide and is measured from the beginning of the runway to the takeoff line.