Federal Reserve officials meeting with Fed Up, a coalition of community groups, said that if the central bank acts too slowly to raise interest rates, it could cause the economy to overheat and then fall into a recession. “If we do wait too long, this economy will create imbalances or overheat … and when we react to that, that often leads to a recession or some other bad outcome,” said San Francisco Fed President John Williams.
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