This is the peer review and response part of scientific method that Taylor is referring to, and Mann did what any good scientist would do: he re-examined his numbers.

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He said the so-called Taylor Rule, a method of predicting interest rates based on inflation, points to a sizable 0.75% increase in the Fed Funds rate if the rate of inflation he expects to see indeed shows up.

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