Nothing can fix inflation now, 'economic stupidity' is underway by the Fed, Biden - Steve Hanke
Kitco News, Released on 5/11/22
Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics, discusses where inflation is headed after Wednesday's CPI release with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News.
0:00 - Latest CPI release4:50 - Fed's objectives9:10 - Oil and food prices14:41 - Fed monetary policy19:00 - Fiscal policy24:33 - Gold
Steve Hanke is an American applied economist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a senior fellow and director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, DC, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise in Baltimore, Maryland. Hanke is known for his work as a currency reformer in emerging-market countries. He was a senior economist with President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1981 to 1982, and has served as an adviser to heads of state in countries throughout Asia, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is also known for his work on currency boards, dollarization, hyperinflation, water pricing and demand, benefit-cost analysis, privatization, and other topics in applied economics. Hanke has written extensively as a columnist for Forbes magazine and other publications. He is also a currency and commodity trader.
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