Economics

Will Infrastructure Bill Cause Inflation?

“A well-structured infrastructure measure would increase the economy’s supply side, lowering inflationary pressures.” Improving roads, bridges, and ports would reduce the cost of doing business, allowing enterprises to improve their output per hour while also lowering consumer costs. Is spending on infrastructure inflationary? The infrastructure measure should have a counter-inflationary effect over time. Again, the

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Is Inflation Going Up?

High inflation, which had been an economic afterthought for decades, resurfaced with startling speed last year. The consumer price index of the Labor Department was only 1.7 percent higher in February 2021 than it was a year earlier. From there, year-over-year price hikes rapidly increased: 2.6 percent in March, 4.2 percent in April, 4.9 percent

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