The real unemployment rate is close to 10%

Following the decision of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to keep the policy rate unchanged within the target range of 0-0.25%, Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, has offered his comments on the outlook for monetary policy.

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“The fiscal response we’ve seen to this recession has been strong and sustained.”

“We’re far from full recovery“.

“We have to have a judgment about how much to spend and how Congress should decide.”

“It is not up to us to play a role in talking about specific policies.”

“The real unemployment rate is close to 10%“.

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