US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The first-quarter GDP report surprised investors with disappointing growth, while consumer prices kept rising. The provides the backdrop for stagflation, which can't be combated with rate cuts. The 1970s offer a warning of what could happen if inflation spirals out of control. The latest GDP and inflation readings were what investors were least eager to see, and could hint at serious trouble ahead."This was a worst of both worlds report – slower than expected growth, higher than expected inflation," wrote David Donabedian, chief investment officer of CIBC Private Wealth US.First-quarter growth fell well behind estimates, rising at an annualized rate of 1.6%, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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