WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could prove to be a risky balancing act.
Bubbles are complex dynamics. What they all have in common, however, is they require emotion to truly go parabolic. Moreover, the less we understand the object of the bubble, the greater the scope for greed and FOMO to fill in the blanks.

In the meantime, the Indian government is considering a middle path on cryptocurrencies, as it finalises legislation on the virtual asset to be introduced in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The hard-line stance for an outright ban of cryptos is not being found feasible in view of large investments in such instruments by Indians, and these unregulated virtual currencies are also unlikely to be allowed as a legal tender.
FIRST IN PI — VIATRIS’ JASO JUMPS TO BROWNSTEIN: Joe Jaso is joining Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s government relations team as a policy director working on state and federal issues. He joins the firm from Viatris, the company formed through the merger of Pfizer’s Upjohn and Mylan, where he was head of U.S. state government affairs. He was Mylan’s head of state government affairs prior to the merger. He was also vice president of federal affairs at McGuireWoods Consulting and a vice president at Dutko Worldwide.