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Chris Murphy: “Inflation was 2.8% before the war, well above the Federal…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy on Iran War: Everything is More Expensive Because of Trump

Published | Video Starts at 04:31

… next crop because the tariffs and the diesel prices are putting many of them out of business. Bankruptcies of farms are up almost 50% from before when Trump was president. Inflation was 2.8% before the war, well above the Federal Reserve's target. It is now 3.5%. That's an extraordinary increase, largely driven by fuel costs. But the costs of everything else are coming. Cost increases for everything else are coming very soon as well. (04:31–04:41)

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Asserts that inflation has risen from 2.8% to 3.5% since the war began.

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