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'High inflation imposes significant hardship' on US consumers, Fed chair says

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"My colleagues and I are acutely aware that high inflation imposes significant hardship as it erodes purchasing power," US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says in Washington. SOUNDBITE

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