GoldSwitzerland/Matthew Piepenburg/3-9-2021

“If, for example, the Fed was honestly ‘targeting’ inflation to no success for years, how could Powell suddenly have the public ability to then ‘allow’ more of what he failed to achieve before, as if inflation was as simple to dial up and down as a thermostat in one’s home? The blunt answer is that the Fed, in sync with the fiction writers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), reports consumer inflation as honestly as Al Capone reported taxable income.”
USAGOLD note: Even Fed Chairman Powell himself has questioned Bureau of Labor numbers – not on inflation but unemployment. That position, though, serves the Fed’s stated goal of igniting inflation, i.e., the higher the unemployment the more necessary money printing to ignite inflation and keep the unemployent rate down. On the other hand, it is unlikely to be quick to question the BLS’ low inflation readings – for the same reasons.

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