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by JMTQp8lwXL 2473 days ago
Isn't that what the Fed wants? They've struggled to reach inflation targets for sometime.
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Well we are getting slightly above the target no? And some say that once we overshoot and target expectations too high, taming them might be hard.
We're not seeing any inflation threats yet.

Aug 12, 2019: "U.S. consumer inflation outlook declined as Fed weighed rate cuts .... The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, known as the core personal consumption expenditures price index, gained at an annualized 1.6% pace in June."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-inflation-survey/...