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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “My concern, just to be frank, is that a misplaced diagnosis playing out with inflation could cause the Federal Reserve…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2021
My concern, just to be frank, is that a misplaced diagnosis playing out with inflation could cause the Federal Reserve to prematurely raise rates and constrain wage and employment gains that have been beneficial to millions of Americans.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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She warns that inflation misdiagnosis may harm wage growth and employment.

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