The U.S. economy tied for the highest level of inflation in 2021 among developed economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported. IMF data found that the United States and Iceland were at the top of the list of 35 nations for rising consumer prices. The organization noted that the inflation rate clocked in at 4.3 percent for both countries. Other notable names in the “inflation rate, average consumer prices” category for advanced economies were Puerto Rico (4 percent), Canada (3.2 percent), New Zealand (3 percent), and Germany (2.9 percent). For the rest of the world, Venezuela ranked the highest, with a 2,700 percent inflation rate, followed by Sudan (194.6 percent) and Zimbabwe (92.5 percent). Speaking at a recent event hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gita Gopinath, the IMF chief economist, warned about prolonged inflationary pressures in 2022. Gopiath prognosticated that the Omicron variant could cost the global economy …