(Bloomberg Opinion) When the going gets tough in the U.S., the tough go shopping. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales surged 3.8% in January, the most in 10 months and well above the 2% median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
teresa ledger fernandez. representative, thank you for joining me here. is build back better on the ropes because of inflation? i think build back better is the solution to inflation. so whenever we talk about it being on the books, but we need to talk about how it s going to come back and beat inflation. that needs to be the approach we take. everyone looking at it saying why are we having inflation? because of the pandemic supply chain. what did build back better do? it invests in solving those supply chain issues. and just as the president mentioned, build back better actually helps families meet any cost of increases. and it brings down the cost of the working family in the united states. being a working family in new mexico. and, you know, you mentioned so, that s what i ve done, i think i m going to stay optimistic about it, because i want to come up with a solution and not just wring our hands and