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Summers: Without Changes, We’ll ‘Entrench Inflation Way above 2%’ – Reconciliation Bill Will Increase 2022 and 2023 Inflation
Breitbart ^ | 12/11/2021 | Ian hatchett

Posted on 12/11/2021 3:59:00 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg TV’s “Wall Street Week,” economist Larry Summers stated that “we’re going to entrench inflation way above 2%, perhaps in the 4% or even higher range, unless something happens to break the current mood,” and the Build Back Better reconciliation bill will increase inflation over the next two years, but it could be offset by the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.

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KEYWORDS: entrenched; increase; inflation; summers
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1 posted on 12/11/2021 3:59:00 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This guy’s worried about entrenching inflation at 4%? I’d jump all over a 4% rate. I’m worried about 40+% next year.


2 posted on 12/11/2021 4:08:12 PM PST by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Worse than 4%. More like 6%.


3 posted on 12/11/2021 4:27:38 PM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Depending upon the category, inflation is raging from 7% to 15%, and maybe higher.


4 posted on 12/11/2021 5:02:31 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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