Fed’s Inflation Target Has Long & ‘Bumpy Road’ Ahead: Economist

Yahoo Finance

 

While the Federal Reserve’s target inflation rate remains at 2%, rising auto prices and energy costs present the biggest challenges to cooling inflation in the short term. Annex Wealth Management Chief Economist Brian Jacobsen joins Yahoo Finance to explain why it may be a long time until the Fed finally achieves its target rate, especially if a “protracted” government shutdown becomes a reality.

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