Exclusive-Rating agencies say Biden's spending plans will not add to inflationary pressure
U.S. President Joe Biden's infrastructure and social spending legislation will not add to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, economists and analysts in leading rating agencies told Reuters on Tuesday. Biden has spent the past few months promoting the merits of both pieces of...
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imo it makes some sense, even thought the Dems first bill with the $1000 checks didn't fare as well. (not that I'm ungrateful and my wife's job was disappreared and the UI was good). But Moodys makes the claim that both the Infrastructure Bill and BBB will grow the economy. Absolutely new roads and safer water more than pay for themselves, and that used to be accepted by the former Non-Trumpian-Grievance gop. But putting more money in workers' pockets may eventually cause more jobs to be created, but where are the workers, esp when women are being paid to stay home with expanded child tax credits? And both Moodys and Fitchs Ratings seem to be assuming the supply chains will be able to get enough goods to consumers to satisfy demand with little inflation.
for two decades I've thought the gop's tax cuts were aimed at the wrong folks. If there's more demand for goods from workers, the 1% has always benefited .... but the converse has not been so. But when we can't even get goods from producers to shelves .... it seems to me that inflation is inevitable.