US inflation soars to 40-year high
By France24
15 February 2022 |
6:27 am
Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America's consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve's decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy.
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