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What stagflation means and what Biden could do about it

Some are warning that the Federal Reserve's effort to slow inflation could potentially return the U.S. economy to the unusual condition it found itself in during the 1970s and early 1980s: Stagflation.

The big picture: Despite high inflation, the U.S. economy is humming along — with unemployment at 3.6% in April —near the low levels that last prevailed in the late 1960s.


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