Wal-Mart CEO: Gird your loins, 'serious' inflation is coming

The Obama administration is basically a more ideological, less competent Carter administration without the diversion of bunny-clubbing.

U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations warned Wednesday.

The world’s largest retailer is working with suppliers to minimize the effect of cost increases and believes its low-cost business model will position it better than its competitors.

Still, inflation is “going to be serious,” Wal-Mart U.S. CEO Bill Simon said during a meeting with USA TODAY’s editorial board. “We’re seeing cost increases starting to come through at a pretty rapid rate.”

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When he left office in 1981, Carter handed President Reagan a stratospheric Misery Index of nearly 20% and a major hostage crisis in Iran. It looks like Obama is doing his best to beat that record.

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