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White House's Deese: Increase in food prices too high, progress needed

Press briefing at the White House in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's top economic adviser, Brian Deese, told MSNBC on Wednesday that the rise in food prices was too high and remained an area where more progress was needed.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Mark Porter)