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By Dan Weil Economist Larry Summers says that if the Federal Reserve pushes interest rates high enough to control inflation, it may well cause recession. Harvard economist Larry Summers has said for months that if the Federal Reserve pushes interest rates high enough to control inflation, there’s a good chance it will cause recession. “I would be very surprised if we saw inflation come down to 2.5% without also having seen a recession,” he told Bloomberg June 17. Fed officials have a median forecast of 2.6% for the personal consumption expenditures price index in 2023. That index soared 6.3% i…