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Transatlantic inflation surge fuels economists’ fears of overheating

Rising pace of price growth largely driven by recovery from pandemic and supply chain shortages

A surge in the pace of price growth on both sides of the Atlantic has revived economists’ concerns about the risk of overheating, piling pressure on policymakers to consider a faster withdrawal of their unprecedented pandemic-era stimulus policies.

Data published earlier this week showed that US consumer prices rose by 5.4 per cent in June compared to a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2008 and a steeper increase than economists had predicted.

Then data published on Wednesday showed that UK inflation hit 2.5 per cent in the same period, its highest level since 2018.

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