Inflation in the U.S. has risen during the past two years at the third-fastest rate out of 46 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other economically significant countries. The big picture: Rising prices aren’t just a problem in the United States. Thirty-nine of the other countries analyzed by the Pew Research Center saw inflation increase between the third quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of this year. • Many countries that are members of the OECD have followed a similar trend: Low inflation before COVID-19, followed by flat or falling inflation in the middle of the pandemic. • Then, in the ... (full story)