2026-06-10
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What's driving prices up in the US?
It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.
I'm Leanna Byrne.
One of the world's biggest chip makers says it's doing its best to keep up with demand,
and World Cup tickets are already reselling.
Who's gonna buy them?
The cost of goods is rising at its highest level in three years in the world's largest economy.
Inflation in the US is driven largely by soaring energy prices,
which have ramped up since the start of the war in Iran.
Our North America business correspondent, Samira Hussein, has taken a look at the numbers.
Samira, what are you seeing?
It really has everything to do with the high cost of energy.