Economics professor rips Biden admin denying recession: ‘Just accept it’ – Fox Business

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Financial

Fox News contributor and The King’s College economics professor Brian Brenberg says record-high inflation is a fundamental ‘supply-side issue,’ not a demand side. After Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan reminded the Biden administration that “recession is a word” in an interview with the Associated Press, Fox News contributor and The King’s College economics professor Brian Brenberg is telling the president to “just accept” the state of the economy. “I think what people get sick of is hearing the administration jump through hoops to try to deny this. Just accept it. It’s not good,” Brenberg said on a “Varney & Co.” panel Thursday.”Call it recession, call it whatever you want. We got to fix things,” Brenberg continued. “The administration won’t do that. That’s what people get upset about.” Despite U.S. GDP having two consecutive negative quarters, President Biden and his administration have repeatedly insisted the country is not in a recession, but rather the economy shows signs “slowing down.” BANK OF AMERICA CHIEF ECONOMIST SEES HIGH CHANCE OF MILD RECESSION THIS YEARMoynihan said in the interview that Biden’s attempts to argue that the U.S. was not technically in a recession was not helpful. Fox News contributor and The King’s College economics professor Brian Brenberg said the Biden administration needs to “just accept” Americans feel like they’re in a recession on “Varney & Co.” Thursday, August 18, 2022. (iStock)”Recession is a word. Whether we are in a recession or not is really not the important thing. It’s what it feels like for the people going through this,” Moynihan said.While Brenberg argued that the Federal Reserve is behind the inflation curve, raising rates higher won’t give markets the “shock” they need.”The problem here is supply. We still don’t have enough people in the labor market. We’re still not producing enough,” Brenberg e …

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