White House cheers ‘Bidenomics’ as inflation rises by only 0.2%
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White House cheers ‘Bidenomics’ as inflation rises by only 0.2%

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} President Joe Biden hailed that inflation ticked up only 0.2 per cent in June and had its lowest 12-month increase in more than a year on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the all-items index rose 3 per cent for the past twelve months ending in June, its lowest 12-month increase since March of 2021. “Today’s report brings new and encouraging evidence that inflation is falling while our economy remains strong.” Shelter accounted for 70 per cent of the uptick in inflation, rising 0.4 per cent in the past month after it had increased 0.6 per cent in May, while it jumped 7.8 percent in the past 12 months. “I ran for office to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down: that’s exactly what we’re doing.” Elsewhere, food prices only increased 0.1 per cent in June as the index for food at home stayed the same while food away from home rose 0.4 per cent in the last month.

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