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The David Lin Report · Saturday, August 8, 2026

Yardeni: Fed Rate Cuts Exacerbated Inflation Problem

Ed Yardeni believes the Fed's decision to reverse rate cuts at the end of last year was unnecessary and worsened the underlying inflation problem. He states that inflation is closer to 3 percent, not the Fed's target of 2 percent.

personEd Yardeni

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I, I didn't think they were necessary, and I I think that those rate cuts really just exacerbated, uh, the, uh, the underlying inflation problem.
Ed Yardeni
You know, inflation is not 2 percent. It's closer to 3 percent by by most components of the, uh, inflation rate.
Ed Yardeni
Heard on The David Lin Report — “Bond Vigilantes Attack: Will They Crash Risk Assets Again? | Ed Yardeni, published Saturday, August 8, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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