No ‘V’-Shape Return From Devastating US Job Loss, Fed Policymakers Say

No ‘V’-Shape Return From Devastating US Job Loss, Fed Policymakers Say
The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue Washington on March 27, 2019. Brendan McDermid/File Photo/Reuters
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SAN FRANCISCO—As many parts of the world’s biggest economy begin to reopen after weeks of stay-at-home orders that slowed the spread of the CCP virus but gutted jobs, Americans should not expect a quick return to growth, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on May 8.

“A couple months ago I was optimistic, I was hopeful, that maybe we would have a ‘V’-shaped recovery—shut things down, clamp down on the virus, and then have a quick recovery,” Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said in an interview on the PBS Newshour.