U.S. Senate leaders joust over controlling rising inflation ✔️ Stratford Management Tokyo Japan

February 16, 2022
Posted by: Stratford Team
Category: Economy

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to a reporter outside his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Raging inflation in the United States took center-stage in the Senate on Tuesday, as Democrats focused on legislative efforts to ease the problem and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was set to meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

“I look forward to discussing inflation and the state of our economy with Chairman Powell this afternoon,” McConnell said in a Senate speech.

“His creative leadership helped stabilize our entire economy during the uncertain early days of the COVID recession,” McConnell said.

The announcement of the meeting came as McConnell blasted Democrats for policies that he said have stoked…