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FMI offers perspective on grocery inflation

FMI offers perspective on grocery inflation

It’s clear that high inflation, which some overly optimistic economists had predicted would be a short-lived phenomenon, is now a persistent problem. Nowhere is the financial squeeze it causes more immediately evident to most Americans than at the supermarket. Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of FMI – The Food Industry Association, and Ricky

Consumer prices accelerated in March

Consumer prices accelerated in March

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices shot higher in March, driven by a strong economic recovery from pandemic-related restrictions, the Labor Department reported today. The consumer price index – which includes the often volatile categories of energy and food —  rose 0.6% from the previous month but 2.6% from the comparable period a year ago. It was