{"id":1499468,"date":"2022-06-01T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499468"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:15:24","slug":"white-house-downplays-inflation-economic-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-downplays-inflation-economic-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"White House downplays inflation, economic crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-downplays-inflation-economic-crises%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2721030\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2721030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Economic Council director Brian Deese speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 6:34 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 1, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration is keeping its head in the ground as the US economy is on its way to catastrophe. At the White House and on corporate networks Tuesday, several of President Joe Biden\u2019s economic advisors tried to downplay the severity of rampant inflation and chocked supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese echoed the long defunct talking point that the economy is in a \u201ctransitory period.\u201d Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell blasted officials for using that term last year. At that time, he said it was too late in the game to call the crisis transitory. That didn\u2019t stop Deese from downplaying the economic woes experienced at the hands of the Biden administration while also claiming the US economy is in a good place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe economy we have right now is in a transition from this period of historical economic growth to a period that can be more stable, resilient growth,\u201d he stated. \u201cThat required focusing on inflation and doing so from a position of relative strength. The US is in a better position to do so in part because of the strength of our labor market recovery, the strength of household balance sheets.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the numbers show the economy is not in a good place. Economists have lamented the inflation rate is at a more than 40-year high. Additionally, gas prices have soared since Biden occupied the Oval Office with national averages exceeding $4.00 and in California more than $6.00. It appears that those prices keep hitting record highs week after week. Other experts have pointed to the problems with the supply chain that is causing store shelves to run dry and is keeping baby formula from nurturing children.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Powell warned Americans are going to feel some more pain while the central bank posits to fight inflation. However, the Biden administration appears to be incapable of admitting its mistakes. Instead, Biden officials have continued to blame COVID-19 and Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin for America\u2019s crumbling economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat we understood about inflation at the time was that it was tied to the pandemic, said chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, Cecilia Rouse, PH.D. \u201cWe are still in the midst of this pandemic. Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine disabled not only gas prices and food prices, but also disrupted supply chains. We didn\u2019t foresee Delta, we didn\u2019t forsee Omicron. And So, yes, there have been unexpected challenges, which have disrupted getting us back to the natural equilibrium that would help bring down those prices.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is one Biden administration official who is taking responsibility for her miscalculations. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters that she was wrong to say inflation would not snowball in several interviews last year. She admitted there were several Biden administration programs, including massive spending bills, energy cutting policiesand insufficient supply chain, that contributed to the economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>However, Yellen and President Biden have said the administration is not ready to correct course and is deferring responsibility to the Federal Reserve. The Treasury secretary said the fed will have to lead the way on combatting inflation and the rest of the Biden administration will follow suit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd for our part, President Biden is focused on supplementing what the Fed does with actions we can take to lower the costs that American face for important expenditures they have in their budgets,\u201d Yellen stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, Powell has vowed to wage war on inflation until the Consumer Price Index returns the Fed\u2019s target at 2 percent. Some economists and lawmakers warned a recession could come in the coming months if the Biden administration fails to take hold of inflation.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-education-commissioner-addresses-texas-school-shooting\/\">Fla. Education Commissioner Addresses Texas School Shooting<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Economic Council director Brian Deese speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. 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