‘I Think I Was Wrong’ and ‘Didn’t Fully Understand’ Inflation: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

‘I Think I Was Wrong’ and ‘Didn’t Fully Understand’ Inflation: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
President Joe Biden meets with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 31, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted in an interview with CNN that her past views on how inflation in the United States would progress were faulty.

Yellen, along with Federal Reserve officials, had previously insisted that inflation was temporary. However, with inflation now near four-decade highs, many have been forced to change their stance on the matter.

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