Inflation in the United States is rising at its fastest rate so far this century. At 4 percent, according to one index, it is double the Federal Reserve’s target.
We look at why prices are on the rise and at the tense political moment they have created.
Guest: Jim Tankersley, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
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