Pop, Goes Inflation 10/13/22

September’s Consumer Price Index data is out, and inflation is showing no signs of a slowdown, despite multiple Fed rate hikes. In a review of the monetary and fiscal policies the U.S. government has implemented to tame the economy, former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan considers this country’s timeline to recession, and which strategies will make a downturn worse. With so much inflation and market malaise, could I bonds be the risk-free asset investors need?

 

In this episode:

Paul Ryan, @SpeakerRyan

Becky Quick @BeckyQuick

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk

Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie