Yellen ‘Feeling Very Good’ About Soft Landing for US Economy
- Treasury secretary hails data showing slowing price gains
- Yellen also downplays threat from China-led BRICS expansion
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she’s increasingly confident that the US will be able to contain inflation without major damage to the job market, hailing data showing a steady slowdown in inflation and a fresh influx of job seekers.
“I am feeling very good about that prediction,” Yellen said Sunday when asked about her previous hopes that the US would avoid a recession while still reining in consumer-price gains. “I think you’d have to say we’re on a path that looks exactly like that.”