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Yellen Says Higher Interest Rates Would Be ‘plus’ for U.s., Fed- Bloomberg News

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Updated: Jun 7, 2021, 06:42 UTC

(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that President Joe Biden's $4 trillion spending plan would be good for the U.S., even if it contributes to rising inflation and results in higher interest rates, Bloomberg News reported.

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“If we ended up with a slightly higher interest rate environment it would actually be a plus for society’s point of view and the Fed’s point of view,” Yellen said in an interview with the outlet on Sunday. https://bloom.bg/34Vf35T

“We’ve been fighting inflation that’s too low and interest rates that are too low now for a decade,” the report quoted Yellen as saying.

“We want them to go back to” a normal interest rate environment, “and if this helps a little bit to alleviate things then that’s not a bad thing- that’s a good thing,” Yellen added.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Alistair Bell)

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