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Huge Spike in Consumer Prices.

A 6.2% spike in consumer prices is most in 30 years. Read more here

U.S. consumer prices jump 6.2% in October, the biggest inflation surge in more than 30 years The consumer price index surged 6.2% from a year ago in October, the most since December 1990.

How long will pandemic price pressures last? We think a sustained period of inflation in the region of 3-4% over the coming years could be dealt with relatively easily by central banks. But if inflation were to rise much further than this, policymakers would have to raise rates more aggressively and for longer. The subsequent economic damage w...