Despite Biden’s rambling that inflation is improving, bear in mind that the inflation rate is at it highest in 50 years. Yes, it has improved from 18% in 2022 to above 10% today.
A recent research paper by four noted economists, including Larry Summers, the former Treasury Secretary under Barack Obama and former Harvard President, discovered that the real inflation rate during the Biden years, using pre-1983 calculations reached 18% in 2022.
The number is the highest inflation rate the country has seen in over 50 years.
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Here is the source paper by Summers et al from the NBER.
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