Economics

Powell’s Five Inflation Benchmarks Are Starting to Flash Amber

  • Price pressures are broad-based, worker pay is picking up
  • All five pillars are looking ‘wobbly at best,’ Summers says

Jerome Powell

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s inflation dashboard is starting to show some signs of overheating.