136:. According to Chairman Powell, uncontrolled high inflation will cause greater damage to the economy versus the “unfortunate costs” faced by businesses and most consumers, who face job loses and higher costs of affordability for basic goods. However, hiking interest rates to cool market demand is one of the driving factors behind the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) mission to reduce inflation and regain price stability in the market. A slow growing economy within a growth recession may prevent far worse economic conditions such as stagflation, where it is more difficult to recover the economy and employment levels.
108:(Gross Domestic Product) growth lasting six months or more to be a recession. A growth recession will last for more than a quarter of the year, and despite the negative GDP growth and high unemployment levels, it does not last as long as an official recession and there is still economic growth. An example of this occurred between February 2020 and April 2020, when employment levels dropped to a record high unemployment rate of 14.7 percent. According to the
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The pain caused by higher interest rates on companies and consumers is even more challenging as the labor market is struggling to recover from its pandemic levels despite a slow growing economy. This was another concern address by
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available workforce in August. Businesses have attempted to raise wages to attract employees, but
Chairman Powell fears this may exacerbate price instability if the disparity between jobs and workers continues.
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