Summers Says ‘Transitory Factors’ Behind Inflation Are Now Easing
By Christopher Anstey (Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that “transitory factors” have been one element in a faster slowdown in US inflation than he anticipated. “Given how strong the economy has been, there’s still a surprise in what’s happened to inflation,” Summers said on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin. That […]