The surge in oil and gasoline prices last week amid the Iran conflict has darkened the inflation outlook. It is coming at a time when the outlook was already more confused than usual.
As energy prices rise, the inflation picture is muddied by an unusual divergence between two key gauges of consumer costs.
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