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The Fed first claimed that there would be no inflation due to their COVID monetary policies and the fiscal policies of the government, then that it would be tra
by llampx 4y ago
The Fed first claimed that there would be no inflation due to their COVID monetary policies and the fiscal policies of the government, then that it would be transitory. https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-keeps-key-rate-near-zero-sees-inflation-as-transitory-2021-4?utm_medium=ingest&utm_source=markets https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-keeps-key-rate-near-zero...
Take what theses official mouthpieces say with a pinch of salt, because part of their box of tools is jawboning on TV. Fake it till you make it policymaking.
- rco8786 4y agoThis is why my original comment ended with "so far". In any case, we definitively do not have millions of people sitting on ARMs that just went from from 2% to 7% like we saw in '08.