Economics
Job-Crusader Powell Signals Long Policy Pause Amid Low Inflation
- Fed chair sees labor market slack despite 50-year jobless low
- ‘We can sustain much lower’ unemployment than thought in past
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As head of the Federal Reserve, the late Paul Volcker earned a reputation as an inflation fighter. Current Chairman Jerome Powell wants to be known as a job crusader.