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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Megha Bahree

As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election

Even as wages in the US have gone up, so have the prices of food, fuel and housing [File: Sarah Silbiger/Reuters]

Wednesday’s “disappointing” inflation data in the United States showed a jump from February, dampening expectations of an interest rate cut and raising concerns that inflation could remain stubbornly high.

The data has implications not just for the US Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, but also for the candidates in the upcoming presidential election.

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