Although inflation is cooling, high prices remain a burden for many Americans.
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Although inflation is cooling, high prices remain a burden for many Americans.
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With inflation back up, the long-predicted storm clouds in the economy may actually be forming

Progress on inflation is moving in the wrong direction. The latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday, showed that annual inflation ticked up to 3.5% in March from 3.2% in February. That marked the largest annual gain in half a year.