In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt How Much Pain Will It Take to Crush Inflation? (with Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari)
The Federal Reserve is continuing to raise interest rates in an attempt to crush record high inflation. But how far will they go, could it lead us into a recession with massive job loss, and how will stock markets react? Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, offers a candid look at the tools at the Fed’s disposal and explains why they’re taking strong actions at the risk of economic pain for Americans.
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- Watch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest speech announcing the third interest rate increase in a row: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-federal-reserve-chair-jerome-powell-gives-update-after-decision-on-interest-rates
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