Bharat Ramamurti
Bharat Ramamurti is an American attorney and political advisor who served as the deputy director of the National Economic Council 2021 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission, a congressional oversight body tasked with overseeing the Department of the Treasury's and the Federal Reserve Board's management of stimulus and loan programs mandated by the CARES Act.
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The former NEC deputy director warned that Trump's $5,000 dividend checks are unequivocally inflationary and could force the Fed to raise rates further.
Moderates largely agree with his stagflation warning; he is cited as a rare voice tying fiscal giveaways to monetary consequences without partisan framing.