The roller-coaster ride of inflation in recent years has left economists hopeful for a soft landing of the US economy and potential Federal Reserve rate cuts, despite challenges in forecasting during the post-pandemic period. This was a key sentiment at the three-day annual economics profession meeting that concluded in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday. What Happened: Many economists attending the meeting admitted that they failed to predict the inflation surge to multi-decade highs and erroneously believed that a recession was required to bring it back down, Bloomberg reported. “We didn’t really…