I have seen many comments about the various causes of inflation. I just want point out that the government has greatly accelerate the amount of additional money put into circulation.
As of Feb. 2020, there was 1,795 billion in circulation. As of Feb 2022 there was 2,232 billion in circulation. We had a 437 billion increase (24% increase) in 2 years.
Points of reference based upon total increase: April 2015 we had 1,359 billion in circulation Going from April 2015 to Feb 2020 was a 436 billion increase. It took nearly 5 years to achieve the same $ increase.
Point of reference based upon total percentage of increase: March 2016 had a circulation of $1436 billion. Going from $1436 b to 1795b is a 24% increase. It took nearly 4 years to achieve the same percentage increase.
Increased inflation was going to happen because we are increasing circulation faster than ever before.
source of data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CURRCIR