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Fortune
Eva Roytburg

'A miserable number': Iran war and AI spending drove inflation to a 3-year high

People shop at a Lidl Supermarket on May 11, 2026 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Economists have been calling it for weeks, and now it’s finally here. 

Inflation spiked to 3.8% last month, according to the April Consumer Price Index, released on Tuesday. It’s the sharpest reading consumers have seen in three years, since Russia invaded Ukraine, spiking fuel prices and sending inflation to 4% in 2023.

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