Biden Wants to Bring Down the Deficit. Powell Wants to Bring Down Inflation. Are Rate Hikes Undermining Both Goals?

Created
Mon, 20/02/2023 - 10:25
Updated
Mon, 20/02/2023 - 10:25
Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said, “the disinflationary process has begun.” Many breathed a sigh of relief even as Powell told us that the process of getting all the way back down to 2 percent would likely “take quite a bit of time.” To get inflation all the way back down to target, Powell told us to expect a series of