Lao coffee growers feel pinch of worker shortage, high inflation
by Radio Free Asia
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Washington Free Beacon—US Economy Sees Low Growth, High Inflation in Q1. U.S. economic growth in the first quarter fell below the Federal Reserve's estimates of the economy's long-run potential for the first time in nearly two years, but the signs of slowing were accompanied with fast inflation that, if sustained, would pose a particular dilemma for the central bank.