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Elizabeth Warren: “High prices, yes, very painful. But do you know what’s more painful than high prices and low unemployment? It’s high…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2022
High prices, yes, very painful. But do you know what’s more painful than high prices and low unemployment? It’s high prices and high unemployment.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Warren warns about the dangers of rising unemployment due to interest rate hikes while trying to combat inflation.

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