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Trump Says Inflation Will Pay Off The $40 Trillion Debt "Very Rapidly"
Trump Says Inflation Will Pay Off The $40 Trillion Debt "Very Rapidly"
President Trump thinks 'certain levels' of inflation could take care of the $40 trillion national debt.
President Donald Trump appears at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)"You know, inflation. Certain levels of inflation will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly," he told TIME in an interview published Thursday, after the outlet pointed out has grown by about $11 trillion over his five years in office. In response, Trump first blamed Joe Biden,...
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Summary
The confirmation hearing of Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh by the Senate Banking Committee was a very partisan affair.
In his prepared remarks, Warsh stressed that monetary policy independence is essential, but he does not believe that the operational independence of monetary policy is particularly threatened when elected officials state their views on interest rates. Warsh thinks the Fed must stay in its lane and avoid straying into fiscal and social policies.
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