The price increases bedeviling consumers, businesses and policymakers worldwide have prompted a heated debate in Washington about how much of today's rapid inflation is a result of policy choices in the United States and how much stems from global factors tied to the pandemic, like snarled supply chains. At a moment when stubbornly rapid price gains are weighing on consumer confidence and creating a political liability for President Biden, White House officials have repeatedly blamed international forces for high inflation, including factory shutdowns in Asia and overtaxed shipping routes that are causing shortages and pushing up prices everywhere. The officials increasingly cite high inflation in places including the euro area, where prices are climbing at the fastest pace on record , as a sign that the world is experiencing a shared moment of price pain, deflecting the blame away from U.S. policy. But a chorus of economists point to government policies as a big part of the reason U.S. inflation is at a 40-year high. While they agree that prices are rising as a result of shutdowns and supply chain woes, they say that America's decision to flood the economy with stimulus money helped to send consumer spending into overdrive,… Read full this story
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