With higher inflation being felt across the U.S. economy, the CEO of Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) told Yahoo! Some experts forecast that any inflation that occurs this year will be a short-term speed bump caused by a combination of the economic brake of lockdowns being released and an array of shortages, supply-chain issues, and demand surges. Whirlpool's CEO Marc Bitzer told Yahoo!Finance that his company has "raised prices across the globe and we feel we are in a pretty good position to mitigate the effects of raw materials."