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Democrats' $1.9 trillion bet that blew up

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The Biden administration and Congressional Democrats made a $1.9 trillion bet in the form of the American Rescue Plan.

The surge in inflation that started in 2021 and peaked in 2022 was linked to snarling of global supply chains due to COVID shutdowns and labor shortages as many would-be workers stayed close to home.

The San Francisco Fed found fiscal policy could account for about 3 percentage points of 2021 inflation.