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Brad DeLong

What Brad DeLong thinks about inflation

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Economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury. Author of Slouching Towards Utopia and writer of the Grasping Reality newsletter.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Brad DeLong has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe FOMC has been reacting to its own forecast of inflation rather than to the inflation of the past twelve months.

    Their wordsThe FOMC has been reacting to its own forecast of inflation, not to the inflation of the past twelve months.

    ↗500,000 “Lines of Code” to Try to Track the Economy: TUESDAY TRENDS & TURMOILbraddelong.substack.com

  2. 12 days earlier

  3. Our readingThe Fed's odds of threading the needle and getting inflation back down to target while avoiding a recession get much lower

    interest rates

    Their wordsThe Fed’s odds of threading the needle and getting inflation back down to target while avoiding a recession get much lower

    ↗An Inflation Report That Is Disappointingly High: CHART OF THE DAYbraddelong.substack.com