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Right now. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Inflation comes in hotter than expected for the third straight month,

staying more persistent than the Federal Reserve and the White House had hoped

at 3.5% for the last year. The figure jolted financial markets which may not now get the early cuts

and interest rates that they have been anticipating. We'll talk about the implications of this inflation news for the

economy and for the 20-24 election.

Welcome, I'm Paul Shigo with the Wall Street Journal opinion page here on our Potomac Watch podcast and I'm here with

Mary Anastasia O'Grady and Joe Sternberg. Welcome to you both.

So the C. P.I. Data Consumer Price Index, one of several Price Index, came in 0.4% for March,

third month in a row that it was hotter than expected and therefore stopping the progress down from the peak of 9.1% that inflation reached

towards the Federal Reserve's target of 2% annual inflation.

Mary, what do you make of the figures?

Well, they're going in the wrong direction, Paul.

That's the first thing to observe here.

Although, I think it's a little early to panic, Jay Powell never said that he was going to deliver six

interest rate cuts at 25 basis points apiece. A more moderate expectation was three.

It looks like we may not even have three this year. There's some

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