For the second time in a week, Mr. Biden repeated the false claim that inflation was at 9 percent when he entered the Oval Office in January 2021. The president first made the assertion in a May 8 CNN interview. “No president’s had the run we’ve had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation,” he said. “It was 9 percent when I came to office, 9 percent.” On Tuesday, Mr. Biden told Yahoo Finance, “I think inflation has gone slightly up (of late). It was at 9 percent when I came in, and it’s now down around 3 percent.” For the record, the annual inflation rate when the president was inaugurated was 1.4 percent. Sixteen months later, with Mr. Biden firmly ensconced in the presidency, it had soared to 9 percent, the highest in nearly four decades. It has since receded to around 3.5 percent. -https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-more-bull-from-president-biden-on-inflation-3051689/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=section_row&utm_source=homepage&utm_term=EDITORIAL%3A%20More%20bull%20from%20President%20Biden%20on%20inflation
