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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Yellen says US recession not ‘inevitable’ but expects ‘economy to slow’

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Joe Biden’s treasury secretary Janet Yellen says she expects “the economy to slow” but continued insisting that a full-blown recession is not “at all inevitable”.

Yellen’s remarks on Sunday came days after the US central bank moved to sharply raise interest rates in an effort to contain soaring inflation.

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