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It Worked To Beat Inflation In The 1980s. They’re Not Considering It Now.
Published 4 years, 1 month ago
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As we move into the new year, we wanted to check in on a persistent economic condition that's likely to impact the U.S. and the globe: inflation.
On Today's Show:
Neil Irwin, chief economic correspondent at Axios, discusses how Reagan era Fed chairman Paul Volcker reduced high inflation 40 years ago by jacking up interest rates and muddling through a recession. With an almost opposite economic landscape leading into 2022, current Fed chair Jerome Powell might need to pull off a tricky reverse of that strategy.