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by throw0101c 1191 days ago
> the economists at the fed think the only possible cause for inflation is demand pressure, forgetting the historical supply crunches that have led to inflation.

No, the economists at the Fed do not think that. Or rather, they try to find out what is driving inflation in any given situation, like they did with this 2022 study:

> Inflation has remained at levels well above the Federal Reserve’s inflation goal of 2% for over a year. Separating the underlying data from the personal consumption expenditures price index into supply- versus demand-driven categories reveals that supply factors explain about half of the run-up in current inflation levels. Demand factors are responsible for about one-third, with the remainder resulting from ambiguous factors. While supply disruptions are widely expected to ease this year, this outcome is highly uncertain.

* https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economi...