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Experts fear a 1960s-style rerun of the Fed letting inflation build up

February 25, 2019

A trio of prominent economists on Friday said they were worried the Federal Reserve is taking its eye off the risks of higher inflation.

Although there is little actual evidence yet, the theory that a low unemployment rate can boost wages and then selling prices — a relationship known as the Phillips Curve — “is not dead,” the economists said.

“The Fed should not be complacent about inflationary pressures,” the economists said.

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