"Thirty-five years after former US Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker left office (and nearly three years after his death), the mere mention of his name still gives shivers to Latin Americans who remember the economic devastation caused by _...Read More_

"Kaushik Basu argues that the US central bank’s aggressive policy tightening reflects a misreading of the labor market."

"Dambisa Moyo argues that the heightened focus on inflation should not come at the expense of bigger long-term issues."

"Stephen S. Roach contrasts the current US Federal Reserve chair’s anti-inflation stance with that of his hawkish 1980s predecessor."

"Federal reserve, jerome powell, federal open market commmittee, interest rates, pandemic, covid, pandemic economy, unemployment rate, interest rates, inflation rate, inflation, donald trump, central bank, russia, ukraine, gas prices, oil _...Read More_

"President Biden urged lawmakers to pass his stalled economic agenda to stop inflation from “robbing” Americans of the benefits of a rapid economic recovery."

"Mohamed A. El-Erian laments the US central bank’s ongoing train of policy mistakes regarding inflation."

>"Investors and lenders looking for details of the Fed's monetary tightening plan this year will have to wade through more uncertainty."

"John H. Cochrane thinks the world’s most important central bank has lost its way and should get back to basics."

"Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is vowing to prevent the inflation from becoming “entrenched” as prices rise in the U.S."

>"Jerome Powell is set to be grilled on the US Fed's sharpest shift toward monetary tightening in decades"

>"With inflation surging, unemployment falling and wages rising, some economists are warning that the Federal Reserve may have waited too long to reverse its ultra-low-rate policies — a delay that could put the economy at heightened _...Read More_

"You might not know what “tapering” means — but it is Jerome Powell’s main tool to fight higher prices."

"Daniel Gros argues that US and eurozone monetary policymakers must focus again on their traditional inflation-fighting task."

"The Federal Reserve is reporting that many parts of the country were hit by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages in November"