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Last year's spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure—much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring—was expected to bring even more pain.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year’s spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring — was expected to bring even more pain. Grim forecasts from economists had predicted that as the Federal Reserve jacked up […]
Reasons for the economy's unexpected resilience — and a look at whether it might endure.
Grim forecasts from economists predicted consumers and businesses would curb spending, companies would slash jobs and unemployment would spike as high as 7%, but the reality has been anything but.
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