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Struggling factories and booming airlines put Fed in a bind
CNN
How should policymakers react when two core parts of the economy are headed in different directions?
That's the question facing the Federal Reserve and its international counterparts as they race to contain surging inflation.
On one hand, spending on services like flights is booming as people in the United States and Europe take advantage of eased coronavirus restrictions.
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