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Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation

Written by Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame

Interest rates are a tricky balancing act, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell knows well. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The Federal Reserve is in a nearly impossible spot right now.

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