☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agoIs the Fed Behind the Curve? As Unemployment Rises, Worries Mount.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusa@lemmy.mlnytimes@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkIs the Fed Behind the Curve? As Unemployment Rises, Worries Mount.www.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netusa@lemmy.mlnytimes@rss.ponder.cat
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoIt’s one of the core contradictions. Keeping the rates high is a way to build out a reserve army of labour, but it’s also destroying the consumer market which underpins the whole system.
It’s one of the core contradictions. Keeping the rates high is a way to build out a reserve army of labour, but it’s also destroying the consumer market which underpins the whole system.