The White House is facing increased pressure to ease inflation as producer prices rose 9.7% in January, a near-record high for the benchmark.

The record for the 11-year-old producer price index was 9.8% in December, with prices rising another 1% in January alone, doubling projections. The inflationary pressures are adding to President Joe Biden’s mounting political concerns heading into the midterm elections.

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