Why Paul Krugman is wrong to still believe inflation was transitory

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Constant refrains that we ought not be worried about inflation because it was merely “transitory” began to fade from the public discourse almost two years ago, as it became abundantly clear inflation was here to stay. But that did not stop economist/columnist Paul Krugman from claiming yesterday that inflation was, in fact, transitory — despite our own eyes telling us an entirely different story.

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