Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the stimulus spending signed into law by President Joe Biden to aid the U.S. recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic may have contributed “a little bit” to the country’s subsequent inflation woes.



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Yellen says COVID spending may have contributed 'a little bit' to inflation

The Biden administration's spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID pandemic may have contributed "a little bit" to inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday.

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The Biden administration's spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID pandemic may have contributed a little bit to inflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday.

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Janet Yellen says COVID spending may have contributed ‘little bit’ to inflation in rare admission by Biden official

Janet Yellen discussed inflation, the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fed, DOGE and more on CNBC's "Money Movers" in an interview before leaving her role.

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Janet Yellen: Covid stimulus may have contributed 'a little bit' to inflation

Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen conceded that COVID-19 stimulus packages could have contributed somewhat to persistent U.S. inflation.
The COVID-19 fiscal stimulus packages may have contributed “little bit to the inflation” but said that the main driving force was supply chain issues, she told CNBC on Wednesday morning.
In the United States, there were “simply huge supply chain problems” due to COVID-19, Yellen said.
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Yellen: COVID Stimulus Packages May Have Contributed ‘A Little Bit’ to Inflation

The Biden administration's spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID pandemic may have contributed "a little bit" to inflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday.

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Yellen: COVID spending may have contributed 'a little bit' to inflation

Only by a ‘little bit’ the outgoing economist insists, arguing that the spending was ‘really important.’

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Treasury’s Yellen, After Years of Denials, Confesses That Biden’s Covid Relief Package Contributed to Inflation

The Biden administration’s spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed a little bit to inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday. Yellen said supply chain issues and shortages were the main factor driving up prices during the pandemic, but conceded that stimulus spending could have played a role as well. “It may have contributed a little bit to t…

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Yellen says COVID-19 stimulus may have contributed to inflation

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged in a CNBC interview that the Biden administration’s pandemic stimulus spending may have contributed “a little bit” to inflation. While Yellen emphasized that supply chain disruptions were the primary drivers of rising prices, she conceded that stimulus measures had a role in the economic challenges. “It may have contributed a little bit to the inflation, but by and large, inflation was a supply s…

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said spending could have have contributed “a little bit” to rising inflation.

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Janet Yellen: Covid stimulus may have contributed ‘a little bit’ to inflation

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