Inflation ahead? Even a top economist says it's complicated

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman speaks during the daily briefing in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rate policies — when the economy is already surging — have elevated the risk of accelerating inflation. Many economists see the recent spike as temporary. Furman thinks the reality is more complicated. He does, however, lean toward the higher-inflation-will-persist c…