August 27, 2008 at 12:06pm

Brendan Collins
It sounds like the Fed has its hands full. I've said it before, the Fed's main job is to act as a cheerleader for the US economy - clearly, it thinks that keeping interest rates down will allow for greater development in the short term. Is high inflation worth the tradeoff, though? I suppose we'll have to wait and find out. My guess is probably not.