Market Extra: Consumers’ dashed hopes for end to pandemic at risk of spilling into higher inflation expectations

The longer the economy and society remain “distorted or abnormal” relative to the pre-Covid era, “the longer and higher the inflation environment can persist,” says economist Thomas Simons of Jefferies LLC.

The longer the economy and society remain “distorted or abnormal” relative to the pre-Covid era, “the longer and higher the inflation environment can persist,” says economist Thomas Simons of Jefferies LLC.