On Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Steve Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, stated that while we saw wages growing at a faster pace than inflation before the pandemic, inflation has subsequently overtaken gains in wages, and this is a problem because in order for inflation to reach the desired target rate of 2%, wage growth has to fall to 3% or 4% and it's currently running at around 5% despite its small drop in September.