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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

A backlash against the Fed?

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/a-backlash-against-the-fed?login=true&close=true BUSINESS TIMES https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/a-backlash-against-the-fed A backlash against the Fed? If the problem earlier was that Jerome Powell had been too much of an inflation dove, his becoming an aggressive inflation hawk now may pose new challenges for Americans. LEON HADAR THE conventional political wisdom on the eve of the midterm elections has been that the rise of pump prices, aka inflation, remains the top concern of the American voter, and would probably determine the outcome of the races across the country. Indeed, according to the Pew Research Centre, four-fifths of Americans say that the economy will be “very important” when they vote in the midterms, while three-quarters of likely voters say they are “very concerned” about the rising prices of food and other goods.

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