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06/16/2014
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The economy is in a different place from where it was at this time last year.
Back then, Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine devastated global energy markets--driving up the cost of gas at the pump.
The price of gas at the pump has fallen and domestic energy production has increased.
Today, inflation is at 4 percent-short of the Fed's target rate of 2 percent, but a steady improvement from the 9 percent rate last year.