Inflation has a specific and special power in elections. It's something people see in their face every day -- every time they go to the grocery store or fill up their car.
It's present in people's lives. It's something they're unhappy with and it's something they rightly or wrongly blame on whoever is in charge.
The pandemic set off an acute bout of inflation that impacted nearly every country across the world, when global supply chain blockages caused an imbalance between the availability of goods and the demand for them.
Prices began to rise rapidly in the U.S. in 2021, catapulting the inflation rate to a peak of about 9% the following year.
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