Yellen: US recession is not inevitable

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that the Biden administration is listening to concerns raised by European allies over the US Inflation Reduction Act, a $430 billion green energy subsidy package.

Many European Union countries fear their companies will be unfairly disadvantaged by the subsidies contained in the new law.

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“We will look at what is legal and what is feasible,” Yellen told reporters.

Yellen said the US can avoid recession, given that there is no wage-price spiral and supply chain bottlenecks are starting to ease.

“Recession is not inevitable,” Yellen told reporters. She declined to say whether the dollar had peaked against other currencies.