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Is Inflation Really Out of Control?
Episode 121

Is Inflation Really Out of Control?

Broken Pie Chart · Broken Pie Chart

June 20, 202124m 23s

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Show Notes

The Federal Reserve this week held their June meeting and released their new dot plot. Chairman Powell also did his customary press conference. The Fed says inflation is transitory and likely temporary. Others disagree. They even said they are talking about talking about tapering. So is inflation out of control or transitory as the Fed claims. Plus, what did they do or did not do on policy changes?

Sticky CPI vs Flexible CPI

The Fed's new dot plot

Fed track record on projections

ON RRP Market (Overnight Reverse Repo Market)

Monthly Asset Purchases the Fed

Talking about Talking about Tapering

IOER Interest on Excess Reserves

Used Cars inflation

Mentioned in this Episode:

Podcast Fed Tapering options https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fed-tapering/id1432836154?i=1000524411838

Podcast What are Reverse Repos? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-are-reverse-repos-repos-fed-enters-overnight-reverse/id1432836154?i=1000523659106

Sticky CPI Inflation vs Flexible CPI Inflation Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-is-inflation-measured-sticky-cpi-vs-flexible-cpi/id1432836154?i=1000521909707

Derek Moore book Broken Pie Chart https://amzn.to/2RUP4sy