This isn't just midweek football.

It's wide-eyed, shirtless jordies on a European tour.

It's noisy neighbours turn trebles winners doing the post-NAM.

It's the red devils burning with scores to settle.

It's the young gunners all fired up with their sights set on glory.

It's the chance to compete with Europe's elite.

This isn't just football, this is everything.

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Good morning, welcome to Axios today.

It's Tuesday, April 19th.

I'm Nyla Boudou.

Here's how we're making you smarter today.

Could driverless vehicles extend to the trucking industry?

Plus, a federal judge strikes down the CDC's mask mandate.

But first, today's one big thing, why we all need to get used to higher prices.

Our record inflation rate of 8.5% year-over-year won't last forever.

But even when that does go away, some of the high prices we're seeing now may never

go back to pre-pandemic levels.

As Axios is managing editor for business, heavier David writes, the days of cheap goods

and services may be long gone.

Havier joins us now from New York with a big picture of our current inflationary moment.

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