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The Fed Flips to Inflation

But the Fed started a second way to inflate in the 2008 crisis, where the Fed literally typed a bunch of zeros on a ...
MinnPost

Would stopping government overspending ‘end’ post-COVID inflation?

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Scott Bessent has Thanksgiving message for inflation-weary Americans

U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Nov. 23 with a message for ...

Thanksgiving gas prices could be the lowest in years — if you adjust for inflation. But consumers are still on edge.

However, fewer people are expected to travel by car this Thanksgiving, according to GasBuddy. Its travel survey shows that 60 ...

These inflation numbers are a federal treasurer’s nightmare

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock got a nasty shock in the latest figures showing the data is moving in the wrong direction.
Fast Company

Yellen says COVID-19 stimulus may have contributed to inflation

The Biden administration’s spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed a little bit to inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an ...
Star Tribune

Recessions are a normal part of how the economy ebbs and flows. How this time is different.

At the start of the year, the U.S. economy had largely shaken off the remaining symptoms of COVID-19. The 2020 pandemic recession was short-lived. The downturn economists predicted in 2023 and 2024 ...