US economy sound despite pandemic

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 18, 2022 12:05 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Soaring US inflation rates are 'not acceptable' but the health of the world's largest economy is fundamentally sound, thanks to policies that have mitigated the impact of the pandemic, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Agence France-Presse.

Yellen conceded in an interview she is 'concerned' about inflation running at its highest level in decades and warned of further 'global fallout' if the West moves ahead with punishing sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

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