Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman has criticized the U.S. Federal Reserve for the way it has handled inflation, warning that the agency’s modest interest rate hikes won’t be able to control the uncontrolled increase in prices.
“Inflation is out of control. Inflation expectations are getting out of control. Markets are imploding because investors are not confident that the @federalreserve will stop inflation. If the Fed doesn’t do its job, the market will do the Fed’s job, and that is what is happening now,” Ackman, the founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, said in a series of tweets on May 24.