US economy is witnessing a steep rise in prices for gas, food, cars, and furniture during its rapid recovery from pandemic recession. Shortages of workers and raw materials disrupted the supply chain leading to higher spendings among Americans.
The outbreak of the omicron variant and severe weather has compounded supply-chain problems causing shortages and higher prices at the US grocery stores over the last few weeks. Even restaurants and other food chains have hiked the prices by over 2%, passing increased labor and food costs to the customers.
On Tuesday, Chair Jerome Powell told Congress that if it becomes necessary to fight high inflation more aggressively, the Federal Reserve is prepared to accelerate the interest rate hikes it plans to begin this year.
It is already anticipated that Fed will increase their short-term benchmark rates at least thrice by the end of March 2022. This increase in rates is most likely to impact the borrowing costs for home, business loans, and auto purchases, potentially slowing the economy.
Biden’s Administration is facing public discontent over this spike in inflation, but the president assured that investments in ports, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure would help by loosening growling supply chains.
The S&P 500 added roughly 0.28% to 4,726.35, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.23% to 15,188.39 for its third straight positive day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shuffled between modest gains and losses through the session, finished with a minor gain of 38.3 points, or 0.11%, at 36,290.32.
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