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James Bullard: Tariffs don't really cause inflation
CNBC Televisionยท2025-08-12 20:24

I think uh uh the the committee put their uh rate cut program on pause when the tariff situation arose uh six months ago and now you have six months of evidence. Uh I don't really think tariffs cause inflation. Taxes don't cause inflation.And so what you're seeing in the data is very muted effects uh that are one-time increases in the price level. And so you're not really seeing anything. And the committee's coming around to the view, I think, that this is probably a one-time increase in the price level and ...