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The CPI inflation report showed a higher than expected rise in inflation, but Yellen says the trend is still moving in a favorable direction.

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Yellen says she regrets saying inflation was ‘transitory’

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she regrets describing inflation in 2021 as “transitory,” the term several Federal Reserve and Biden administration officials used to describe the pandemic-induced price surges they initially thought would be temporary.

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