Federal Reserve must ‘thread a narrative needle’ as Covid-19 splits US into ‘two parallel economies’ – ex-Fed insider to Boom Bust

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The US Federal Reserve has announced that it can keep interest rates near zero for at least the next three years despite better than expected recovery of the US economy amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In his closely-watched speech on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell did not downplay the growth of the economy, but signaled that the improved outlook does not mean that the country does not need more fiscal support to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic.

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