Fed's Harker: soft landing possible, not forecasting recession - Reuters

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A worker weighs meat at a butcher shop at Reading Terminal Market after the inflation rate hit a 40-year high in January, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

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May 18 (Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker on Wednesday said he believes the central bank can bring inflation down without sending the economy into a recession, in part because the labor market is currently strong.

"We may have a few quarters of negative growth, but again, that's not what I'm estimating, what I'm forecasting right now," Harker said in a virtual event with the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, adding the economy can withstand a "measured" and "methodical" tightening of financial conditions that would bring down demand. "We don't want to overdo it, but we have to act."

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