Steven Kamin & Benedictus Clements: “The Biden-Harris Macroeconomic Record Is Getting a Bum Rap”

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…the US financial system is certainly performing very nicely, and this may be seen most readily by evaluating its efficiency with that of different superior economies, all of whom have been hit by the identical pandemic shock in 2020, adopted by the identical inflationary surge. Determine 1 under compares cumulative US inflation since December 2020 (that’s, the rise within the value stage) with that of different superior economies. (Information for all figures are offered within the appendix.) Clearly, and regardless of the blame laid on Biden’s insurance policies, there’s nothing distinctive about latest US inflation. It displays the identical elements driving costs around the globe—supply-chain disruptions, rising international commodity costs, the pandemic shift in consumption from companies to items, and financial stimulus.

 

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