Bessent sees ‘substantial disinflation’ ahead as Warsh takes over the Fed
u/SecretComposer ·
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· May 14, 2026 at 15:40
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The post shares Treasury Secretary Bessent’s CNBC interview predicting “substantial disinflation” ahead, comparing it to the Biden-era “transitory” inflation narrative that proved wrong.
The author is skeptical of Bessent’s claim, implying that the current supply shock (Iran conflict) and energy price surge may not fade quickly.
Quality assessment: Speculation / opinion piece; no original data or analysis provided, merely a critical rehash of a news clip.
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[CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/bessent-sees-substantial-disinflation-ahead-as-warsh-takes-over-the-fed.html)
> “I firmly believe that nothing is more transient than a supply shock, and we can, we can look through that, because before the Iranian conflict began, core inflation was coming down,” Bessent told CNBC’s Joe Kernen from the sidelines of President Donald Trump’s summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. “So I think core inflation will continue coming down.”
Does this not sound like Biden & Co saying that the post-COVID inflation shock was "transitory"?
>Bessent said he thinks there will be one or two more “hot inflation numbers, but then I think we’re going to see substantial disinflation.”
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>“I was never on team transitory during Covid,” Bessent said. “We’ll get to the other side of this, and I don’t know whether it’s a few days or a few weeks, and energy inflation will come back down.”