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Inflation continues to rise above the Federal Reserve's 2% target

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe
Published August 30, 2026 at 7:02 AM CDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Mary Lovely of the the Peterson Institute for International Economics about inflation and the economy.

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Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.
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