Inflation, Interest Rates, and Janet Yellen
Andrew Stuttaford
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Yellen’ Fire
No, that’s not what really what Treasury secretary Yellen did on Tuesday, but sometimes the lure of a bad pun is too hard to resist.
CNBC had a more sober assessment:
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen conceded Tuesday that interest rates may have to rise to keep a lid on the burgeoning growth of the U.S. economy brought on in part by trillions of dollars in government stimulus spending.