The Fed's Conservative Critics Have Been Wrong

The Post has an interesting piece discussing Janet Yellen's tenure as Fed chair as she prepares to possibly raise interest rates for the first time since the onset of the recession. The piece discusses Yellen's Republican critics in Congress who want to rein in the power of the Fed to conduct monetary policy. These critics complain that the Fed has been too loose with the money supply and that this will result in runaway inflation.

It would have been worth noting that these critics have been...