ECONOMY

US inflation quickens to 8.5%, ratcheting up pressure on Fed

Olivia Rockeman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Posted 4/12/22

U.S. consumer prices rose in March by the most since late 1981, bolstering expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by half a point next month. The consumer price index …

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