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Will retailers find it harder to pass along price increases in the months ahead?

February 14, 2022

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The Labor Department last week said U.S. inflation reached another four-decade high in January, accelerating to a 7.5 percent annual rate. Consumers haven’t fully felt the sticker shock so far, but they may very soon.

A healthy economy supported by stimulus spending has helped consumers ease the pain of steady hikes in prices across categories, but government subsidies connected to the stimulus have mostly ended.

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