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The housing shortage and what to do about it

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Matthew Yglesias
Mar 22, 2022
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Yesterday I argued that the Fed’s planned interest rate increases are too timid based on their own inflation projections. But Larry Summers is arguing that the Fed’s projections themselves are too optimistic and the inflation rate is likely to be higher than they say.

Housing costs are a key part of that argument.

I’ve been arguing for years that the Un…

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