Constitution Avenue heresy

19 Aug 2008

Recent surprise increases in US prices beg the question. Usually, inflation is thought too destructive for the Fed to tolerate. But given the Fed s competing mandates, Bernanke and Co. might condone rising prices, even just a bit, if they help pull housing out of its spiral.

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