U.S. likely 長,率いるd for 経済的な 'soft 上陸' -White House's Boushey

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy appears 長,率いるd for a soft 上陸, with 最近の 経済的な data pointing to an 現在進行中の 回復, not a 後退,不況, White House 経済学者 Heather Boushey told Reuters on Friday.

Boushey welcomed Friday's data that showed the U.S. economy 追加するing 職業s at a solid clip in December, with the 失業率 dropping to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5%, and said the biggest challenge 直面するing the economy now was the 現在進行中の tightness in labor 供給(する).

Asked whether the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs could 避ける a 後退,不況, Boushey said, "There are no 指示,表示する物s that that is where we are now.

"The steps have been taken and it looks like we are in a very good position to have that soft 上陸 that everyone is talking about," she said.

A soft-上陸 is the ideal 連邦の Reserve 政策 goal after raising 利益/興味 率s, a 状況/情勢 in which インフレーション slows but there are not enough 職業 losses to 誘発する/引き起こす a 後退,不況.

Other challenges 含む the 衝撃 of the war in ウクライナ共和国 on energy prices and 現在進行中の COVID 危険s, 特に with 中国's 転換ing away from its 無-COVID 政策, Boushey said.

Boushey said she worried that challenges finding affordable care for children, the 年輩の and the 無能にするd were still keeping men and women out of the labor 軍隊. The Biden 行政 had hoped to 制定する 改革(する)s to 基金 全世界の/万国共通の preschool and 確実にする 改良s, but failed to 勝利,勝つ 十分な support in 議会.

Still, 供給(する) chain 問題/発行するs 運動ing インフレーション higher have been 演説(する)/住所d and prices looked likely to continue to 緩和する, she said.

"The data that keeps coming out month after month shows that we continue to move 今後. The 証拠 is not 一貫した with what a 後退,不況 typically looks like," she said. "The 調印するs all point to 現在進行中の 回復 and robustness in the labor market." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Heather Timmons and Leslie Adler)

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