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Summers Sees Worst U.S. Macroeconomic Policy in 40 Years
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Andrew Davis
March 20, 2021, 7:42 AM EDT Updated on March 20, 2021, 10:27 AM EDT
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the U.S. is suffering from the ?least responsible? macroeconomic policy in four decades, pointing the finger at both Democrats and Republicans for creating ?enormous? risks.
In his latest attack on the recent rush of stimulus, Summers told David Westin on Bloomberg Television?s ?Wall Street Week? that ?what was kindling, is now igniting? given the recovery from Covid will stoke demand pressure at the same time as fiscal policy has been aggressively eased and the Federal Reserve has ?stuck to its guns? in committing to loose monetary policy.
?These are the least responsible fiscal macroeconomic policy we?ve have had for the last 40 years,? Summers said. ?It?s fundamentally driven by intransigence on the Democratic left and intransigence and the completely irresponsible behavior in the whole of the Republican Party.?
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