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Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the 'Beveridge curve' should give it courage to do so

  • Written by Veronika Dolar, Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury
imageConsumers are perhaps feeling inflation pain most at the pump.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Inflation surged at the fastest pace in over 40 years in May 2022, pushing the Federal Reserve toward a more aggressive pace of interest rate increases to slow it down. While there’s concern it could cause unemployment to spike, a little-known economics...

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