Fed’s Powell Contradicts Biden’s Claim That Ukraine War Is Biggest Inflation Driver

Fed’s Powell Contradicts Biden’s Claim That Ukraine War Is Biggest Inflation Driver
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on May 4, 2022. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday admitted that inflation levels were already high before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, contradicting the Biden administration’s insistence that skyrocketing price increases are largely due to Moscow’s “special military operation” in the eastern European country.

Powell made the admission during a Senate Banking Committee hearing after Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) questioned the Fed chairman over whether or not he believed Ukraine is the “primary driver of inflation in America.”
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