The Biden lie told over and over again. Sorry Joe but this mess was caused by your policies.
If you've been paying attention, you know that shortly after January 20th of last year things turned very messy and expensive. Let's focus on the expensive. Joe's been putting the blame everywhere but his own policies. Now the latest is Putin, Putin, Putin.
Well the fed chief disputed that yesterday.
“Would you say that the war in Ukraine is the primary driver of inflation in America?” Powell was asked on Wednesday.
“No. Inflation was high before, certainly before the war in Ukraine broke out,” Powell said contradicting Joe Biden.
Here's a fact check based on facts.
Inflation was high and rising long before the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.6 percent in May of 2021 after rising 0.8 percent in April., On an annual basis, prices were up 5.0 percent, the largest 12-month increase since a 5.4-percent increase for the period ending August 2008.
Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, was 3.8 percent over the previous 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending June 1992.
The war in Ukraine and the global reaction, including sanctions and boycotts of Russian energy, have likely contributed to higher oil prices. Although, with China shifting its purchases toward Russia and away from Saudi Arabia, the effect has been somewhat blunted on global markets.
The biggest factor in the rise of energy prices has been increased global demand and a lack of capital investment. The latter was caused, in part, by ESG investing, Biden’s promise to end fossil fuels, and regulators discouraging fossil fuel production.
Yet inflation is still very high even with energy excluded. Absent energy, the CPI is up 6.6 percent year over year and rose 0.7 percent in May from April. This demonstrates that Putin has very little to do with the bulk of U.S. inflation.
