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America’s economy is still weakening

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A customer checks prices while shopping at a grocery store on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Wheeling, Illinois. A typical basket of groceries now costs 20% more than in February 2021, just before inflation began to take off. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Economic data released last week prove two critical points. First, the economy still does not know what it wants to do, and second, there should be no rate cuts in the first half of 2024.

Inflation is proving to be increasingly sticky, not transitory as we were promised by the Biden administration in 2021.

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