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Differing Perspectives on the Inflation Debate

Speakers

Jason

Furman

Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard University

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Mark

Zandi

Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics

Jason

Furman

Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard University

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Mark

Zandi

Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics

Overview

Supply-chain shocks combined with strong consumer demand are fueling the worst US inflation rate in four decades and raising the risk that the Federal Reserve won’t be able to contain the problem without triggering a recession, economists Jason Furman of Harvard University and Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics told a recent virtual roundtable of the Oliver Wyman Forum's Leadership Reimagined series.

Read the key takeaways here.

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