Why big-spending Biden can shrug off GOP warnings of inflation
If persistently rising inflation is coming to the U.S., history suggests it won’t happen until after Biden is out of office.
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office on Friday. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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Republicans are warning that President Joe Biden is taking a risky gamble that he can carry out his massive spending plans without triggering runaway inflation. Biden is betting on history as his defense.
The specter of raging inflation — the erosion of consumer purchasing power — has become central to the debate about whether the government can afford Biden’s multitrillion-dollar “Build Back Better” programs. But years can go by before soaring inflation ever takes hold — and Biden will probably be gone from the White House if the country finds out that his critics were right.