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Higher Unemployment Looms in US as Fed Fights Inflation: WSJ

  • Photo taken in Arlington, the United States, on March 16, 2022 shows a screen displaying U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaking during a virtual press conference.

    Photo taken in Arlington, the United States, on March 16, 2022 shows a screen displaying U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaking during a virtual press conference. | Photo: Xinhua/Liu Jie

Published 14 June 2022
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According to an article published by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Federal Reserve officials are beginning to signal that their efforts to tackle scorching inflation by raising interest rates may lead to higher unemployment.

The article states that this marks a reversal from last year when they sought a fast labor-market recovery.
   
The article expects that the Fed could consider raising rates by 75 basis points this week as inflation remain elevated and policymakers could project somewhat higher unemployment rates over the next two years than they had anticipated earlier this year.

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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and other officials suggested earlier this year that they might be able to reduce demand for labor - a source of inflation pressure - primarily by prodding employers to cut job vacancies rather than by laying off workers and pushing up unemployment.
   
But in their recent comments, noted the article, Fed officials have sketched out a path in which unemployment rises this year, though not sharply.
   
According to the article, some economists have been skeptical that the Fed can reduce job vacancies without a notable increase in the unemployment rate.
   
It also warned that "we should prepare ourselves for projections intended to communicate the Fed's resolve to reduce inflation by targeting a higher level of unemployment," quoting Tim Duy, a chief U.S. economist at research firm SGH Macro Advisors.

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