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> job of Central bank is to increase interest rates until unemployment rate increases

This is incorrect. The job of the Fed is to maximise price stability (which it defines as 2% inflation) and minimise unemployment (which it defines as the natural unemployment rate, to which we are close). There has basically never been a time when the Fed wanted unemployment to go up. (Keep in mind: unemployment != wage increases, though the two are related as are prices.)



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