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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Robert Reich

The Fed keeps raising interest rates. Working people are getting hammered

The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will probably raise interest rates again in September.
The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will probably raise interest rates again in September. Photograph: Andrés Kudacki/AP

Friday at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell said the Fed must continue to raise interest rates, even though it will “bring some pain to households and businesses”.

This – with all due respect – is nuts.

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