The Fed now says that it should have acted sooner to fight inflation:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-chairman-powell-we-should-have-moved-earlier-211146680.html
The year-over-year inflation rate has been rising since April 2021, and yet it has taken the Fed nearly a year to figure out that inflation isn't transitory.
Jan 1, 2022 7.48%
Dec 1, 2021 7.04%
Nov 1, 2021 6.81%
Oct 1, 2021 6.22%
Sep 1, 2021 5.39%
Aug 1, 2021 5.25%
Jul 1, 2021 5.37%
Jun 1, 2021 5.39%
May 1, 2021 4.99%
Apr 1, 2021 4.16%
These guys are geniuses.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-chairman-powell-we-should-have-moved-earlier-211146680.html
The year-over-year inflation rate has been rising since April 2021, and yet it has taken the Fed nearly a year to figure out that inflation isn't transitory.
Jan 1, 2022 7.48%
Dec 1, 2021 7.04%
Nov 1, 2021 6.81%
Oct 1, 2021 6.22%
Sep 1, 2021 5.39%
Aug 1, 2021 5.25%
Jul 1, 2021 5.37%
Jun 1, 2021 5.39%
May 1, 2021 4.99%
Apr 1, 2021 4.16%
These guys are geniuses.