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On Thursday at the New York Times’s DealBook D.C. policy forum, a CNBC reporter asked the Treasury Secretary if she knows who Cardi B is. “I mean, I don’t have that much time for her. But I am alive,” Yellen, 75, retorted. The reporter then shared the rapper’s tweet about the impending announcement of a recession.

“Don’t look to me to announce it,” Yellen replied. “I’m not going to announce it. I don’t think we’re going to have a recession. Consumer spending is very strong. Investment spending is solid. I expect growth to slow down. We have a very strong economy. I know people are very upset — and rightfully so — about inflation. But there’s nothing to suggest inflation if a recession is in the works.”

Yellen recently testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee over soaring inflation. On Friday, the Labor Department released data that revealed May’s annual inflation was the fastest growth in prices since 1981.

Cardi has used her large social media platform to critique Donald Trump and support Bernie Sanders. However, it’s best if she leaves the analysis of the American economy to actual economists.