Joe Biden's administration's policies have contributed to inflation reaching record highs.

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Joe Biden's administration's policies have contributed to inflation reaching record highs.

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Joe Biden is fit to serve as president because his policy achievements demonstrate effective leadership

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The Biden administration likes to tout its success in getting inflation down to under 4 percent for seven consecutive months. But when he came into office, inflation was at 1.4 percent in January 2021, and had been under 3 percent for 109 consecutive months. So even at the current levels, down from the highs of summer 2022, the Biden administration has not yet matched prior presidents’ inflation levels going back almost a decade, spanning Donald Trump’s entire presidency and the majority of President Barack Obama’s tenure.

But Americans have also seen a leap in inflation, fueled in part by pandemic spending and supply chain problems that drove gasoline over $5 a gallon in the summer of 2022. Critics also say that increased federal spending under Biden, including $750 million on climate change and tax breaks, also drove inflation higher.