The US is not ready for the next recession. Here's why

In the last three recessions, the Fed’s cumulative interest-rate cuts have been close to five full percentage points. Image: REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Barry Eichengreen
Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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