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Elizabeth Warren: “Dealing with inflation requires the Fed to act if the problem is an overheated economy, but dealing with rising consumer…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
Dealing with inflation requires the Fed to act if the problem is an overheated economy, but dealing with rising consumer prices also involves the FTC, the Department of Justice in breaking up monopolies and investigating crooked price-fixing schemes that also increase costs for hard-working families.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the need for multiple agencies to address inflation and corporate power.

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