CNN: New Study Finds Recession Will Be Necessary to Cool Inflation
‘Is the Fed, in raising rates to bring down inflation, actually leading us closer to a recession?’
Feb 25, 2023 4:00 PM
By Grabien Staff
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WHITFIELD: “So, also on Friday, a new report came out by a leading economist at a conference organized by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the study found, quote now, ‘no instance in which a significant central bank-induced disinflation occurred without a recession.’ So is the Fed, in raising rates to bring down inflation, actually leading us closer to a recession?”
WOLFERS: “Well, raising rates will definitely bring us closer to a recession, there’s no doubt about that. But will it actually cause one is the real question here.”