{"id":872370,"date":"2021-10-12T19:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=872370"},"modified":"2021-10-12T19:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:13:36","slug":"biden-white-house-warns-american-consumers-of-empty-shelves-come-christmastime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-warns-american-consumers-of-empty-shelves-come-christmastime\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden White House Warns American Consumers Of Empty Shelves Come Christmastime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-white-house-warns-american-consumers-of-empty-shelves-come-christmastime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=872370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">American consumers should expect to see higher prices and even some empty shelves during their holiday shopping this year, President Joe Biden\u2019s White House told Reuters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">The warning comes as the Biden administration works frantically to push back on skyrocketing inflation and strained supply chains across the country. Economists <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/inflation-joe-biden-united-states-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">predicted earlier this year<\/a> that the final months of 2021 would see total consumer prices rising 3.2% over 2020. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/02\/heritage-foundation-joe-biden-marty-walsh-unemployment-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Experts Slam Biden\u2019s Economic Agenda Following June Jobs Report)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">\u201cThere will be things that people can\u2019t get,\u201d a senior White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/americans-may-not-get-some-christmas-treats-white-house-officials-warn-2021-10-12\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told Reuters on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cAt the same time, a lot of these goods are hopefully substitutable by other things. \u2026 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any real reason to be panicked, but we all feel the frustration and there\u2019s a certain need for patience to help get through a relatively short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">A Sept. 29 study from Salesforce <a href=\"https:\/\/nationworldnews.com\/consumers-brace-for-even-more-inflation-this-christmas-shopping-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">predicted<\/a> that retail prices could rise as much as 20% compared to 2020. Women\u2019s clothing, jewelry and watches had already risen 11.9% and 12.9% respectively as of August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarriers at ports and skyrocketing costs of containers, two major pressures shaping holidays, should cause consumers to be concerned about product availability,\u201d Salesforce warned.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki and other administration officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/15\/white-house-jen-psaki-inflation-temporary-jp-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly insisted<\/a> that the inflation is \u201ctransitory\u201d and will normalize sometime in 2022. The White House has repeated the line numerous times since worries over the economy began to outpace COVID-19 in polls across the U.S.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7299289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7299289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>MONROE, OR \u2013 NOVEMBER 18: Workers use chainsaws to cut down Douglas Fir Christmas trees at the Holiday Tree Farms on November 18, 2017 in Monroe, Oregon. The Christmas tree harvest is underway at Holiday Tree Farms, the biggest grower of holiday trees in the United States, as workers harvest and ship an estimated one million trees ahead of the Christmas holiday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the White House\u2019s message to average Americans, including those who are on limited income though who are experiencing higher prices right now for food and clothing and other goods and services? You mentioned it\u2019s expected to die down next year, but what is your message to them in the meantime, is it simply just to wait it out?\u201d a reporter asked Psaki during a press briefing in July. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/inflation-joe-biden-united-states-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: The Numbers Are In, Biden\u2019s Inflation Is Not Going Away)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s certainly not what I\u2019ve ever said,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cOur message is that we understand the threat that inflation poses. We will be vigilant about any responses needed. It\u2019s important for Americans to know and understand that these impacts are temporary, and some of these price increases are a result of the economy turning back on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">Some experts have disagreed, however, arguing that the inflation is here to stay \u201cfor years\u201d thanks to Biden\u2019s unprecedented spending programs.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">\u201cThe 100% cause of inflation is the government,\u201d Peter Schiff, the chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Capital, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cIt\u2019s when the government spends money that it doesn\u2019t collect in taxes and then the Federal Reserve monetizes the resulting deficits by printing money.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American consumers should expect to see higher prices and even some empty shelves during their holiday shopping this year, President Joe Biden\u2019s White House told Reuters on Tuesday.The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}