The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said that recession in the United States is not "inevitable", news agency AFP reported.
Her statement comes just a few days after the US Federal Reserve had hiked interest rates, which raised fears of an economic contraction.
She said she expects the economy to slow, but she doesn't think a recession is at all inevitable.
#UPDATE A recession in the United States is not "inevitable," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, just days after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, raising fears of an economic contraction pic.twitter.com/QIEU5wifpj
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 19, 2022
Last week, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points or 0.75 percentage points, the biggest hike in 28 years, to stem a surge in inflation, and flagged a slowing economy.
At a news conference following the rate rise, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had said either a 50- or 75-basis-point rate increase at its next policy meeting in July seemed most likely, and that the economy is strong enough to handle tighter policy.
"It could ease back to the low-104s near term, before the uptrend resumes. Powell outlined a resolute path for taking Fed Funds to just shy of 4 percent by 2023, surely keeping risky assets unsettled for an extended period... the index can make a run at 107 in Q3."
First Published: Jun 19, 2022 8:01 PM IST
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