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Janet Yellen: “Janet Yellen, who earlier tonight told Wolf Blitzer that she was wrong to call it transitory when she said that…”

On the recordMay 30, 2022
Janet Yellen, who earlier tonight told Wolf Blitzer that she was wrong to call it transitory when she said that inflation had posed only a small risk.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted to Wolf Blitzer that she was incorrect in labeling inflation as transitory.

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