pace since june. and that could have major economic and political fallout. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on this. lucas. reporter: jon, jp mayor began ceo jamie dimon thinks the fed has lost some control over inflation. a chemming contact congressman representing joe biden s home hometown in scranton responded earlier on fox. i wouldn t go that far, but what i will say is i think they got a late start. i think they should have started ticking interest rates up a little bit much earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. reporter: new economic data shows inflation is getting worse. the personal if consumption execs pendtures price index, the fed s preferred gauge for inflation, rose .6% in january. the annual inflation rate also rose to 5.4%, the first increase since it peaked in june making some wonder if the fed is behind on inflation. president biden reacting to the economic news in a statement which read in part: annual inflation in janua
pace since june. and that could have major economic and political fallout. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on this. lucas. reporter: jon, jp mayor began ceo jamie dimon thinks the fed has lost some control over inflation. a chemming contact congressman representing joe biden s home hometown in scranton responded earlier on fox. i wouldn t go that far, but what i will say is i think they got a late start. i think they should have started ticking interest rates up a little bit much earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. reporter: new economic data shows inflation is getting worse. the personal if consumption execs pendtures price index, the fed s preferred gauge for inflation, rose .6% in january. the annual inflation rate also rose to 5.4%, the first increase since it peaked in june making some wonder if the fed is behind on inflation. president biden reacting to the economic news in a statement which read in part: annual