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Kenneth Rogoff, an economics professor at Harvard University, argues that once the Fed raises interest rates, it can be difficult to “control” the economy.
Harvard University economics professor Kenneth Rogoff warned on Friday that it would be “really difficult” to drive down the “rate of inflation” without causing a recession.
“Yes [the Fed] having to raise interest rates that much, it will cause a recession, no doubt,” Rogoff told “Cavuto: Coast to Coast.”
“I don’t think they’ll go that far. My best guess is that they fail. They raise interest rates to 3-3.5, and we end up with a very soft economy and still inflation .”
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Rogoff’s comments follow the Senate’s confirmation of Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, as policymakers try to manage record inflation.
Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, provides an overview of the impact of the Fed’s interest rate hikes on inflation.
He stressed that once inflation “gets out of control”, it will not be easy to “bring it under control”.
Meanwhile, the Harvard economist noted that multiple tumultuous events are impacting the US economy, in addition to the Fed “letting inflation spiral out of control.”
Kenneth Rogoff, an economics professor at Harvard University, told FOX Business that once inflation “gets out of control,” it might be hard to “get it under control.” (Photo by AL DRAGO/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“It’s not just what the Fed is doing. The shutdowns in China, [and] their COVID policy, which is a political issue. It’s hard to overstate how bad it is, they stunt growth,” Rogoff explained.
“It’s a supply shock that keeps happening, driving up prices, driving down productivity. The war in Ukraine [is] part of… driving up gas prices, it drives up food prices. »
Cavuto asked Rogoff what inflation means for the stock market.
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He replied that there wasn’t a lot of “good news to set things straight”.
“The stock market kind of absorbs all of that. Some things like tech stocks are particularly interest rate sensitive,” he concluded.
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“[Tech stocks are] seeks to make big profits [for] long into the future, and they got tougher.”
