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Inflation or Recession: Americans Are Divided on Rate Hikes
A new study from the Harris Poll shows respondents are split on the key question facing the Federal Reserve.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, D.C., US, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.
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The latest in the long list of things Americans are divided on? Interest rate hikes.
Half of the country wants to tame inflation quickly, even if it means a recession, according to an exclusive study from the Harris Poll. The other half would prefer avoiding a recession, regardless of inflation ticking higher.