The Fed's risky experiment to control inflation
CNN
The Federal Reserve knows it needs to demonstrate that it can get inflation under control — and fast.
What's happening: Pressure on the Fed has increased after the most recent batch of government data showed that annual inflation jumped to 8.6% in May, which was higher than economists had expected.
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