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Why Is US Inflation So Low?. Martin Feldstein, June 28, 2013, Opinion. "Why has quantitative easing coexisted with price stability in the United States? Or, as I often hear, “Why has the Federal Reserve’s printing of so much money not caused higher inflation?” Inflation has certainly been very low. During the past five years, the consumer price index has increased at an annual rate of just 1.5%. The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation – the price index for personal consumption expenditures, excluding food and energy – also rose at a rate of just 1.5%. By contrast, the Fed’s purchases of long-term bonds during this period has been unprecedentedly large..." verified April 3, 2014