Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell admitted on Wednesday how little he understands soaring inflation.
“I think we now understand better how little we understand about inflation,” Powell stated at the European Central Bank forum on central banking in Sintra, Portugal. “This was unpredicted,” the expert admitted.
Powell is in charge of reducing President Biden’s 40-year-high inflation by a difficult process of increasing interest rates. By law, the Federal Reserve is charged with a dual mandate of pursuing maximum employment and stable prices.
“We believe we can do that. That is our aim,” he said. “It’s gotten harder… the pathways have gotten narrower.”
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“The process is highly likely to involve some pain but the worst pain would be from failing to address this high inflation and allowing it to become persistent,” he continued.
“Is there a risk that we would go too far?” he asked. “Certainly there’s a risk, but I wouldn’t agree that it’s the biggest risk to the economy. The bigger mistake to make, let’s put it that way, would be to fail to restore price stability.”
Breitbart News reported Wednesday the U.S. economy shrank at a 1.6 percent annual pace, while inflation hurt consumer spending.
This is an excerpt from Breitbart.
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