Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today
The U.S. is seeing a supercharged federal budget combine with a lax monetary policy posture, just as in the 1960s, when the combination led to the start of a years-long climb in inflation.
A newly elected president promising to tackle racial injustice and build a better and fairer economy and society. A Federal Reserve chairman who’d voiced satisfaction with the course of monetary policy the previous year. A sharply accelerating economy with an inflation rate that’s been below 2%
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