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Trump’s tone on Jimmy Carter changes as Iran conflict, inflation test presidency

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Carter’s presidency and legacy.

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While inflation plagued both presidents, Carter had it much worse, facing a peak inflation rate of 14.7% in April 1980. Consumer prices rose 4.2% this May from a year earlier — a three-year high — and though they fell sharpl y from May to June, that decline included lower gas prices fueled by a U.S.-Iran continue reading …

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