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During the pandemic, healthcare costs — usually a main driver of U.S. inflation — remained surprisingly stable, rising just about 2% annually even as prices for many goods and services soared more than three or four times that rate. But signs are emerging that medical inflation is back as demand for non-COVID-19-related health services recovers and healthcare providers seek to …
A surge in the cost of shipping oil between the world’s ports is buoying energy prices, even as a gloomy economic outlook has dragged down crude near its lowest levels of the year. The soaring cost of transporting oil, which comes as ships carrying liquefied natural gas also fetch high prices, contrasts with plunging rates for container ships amid slowing …
