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2023-01-22 13:29:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 81DDB4F4D4010A4DB8DCC0AF9107034BBE6F54C9A38EBEA38C7E1A18DFB8C260
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Tech companies laid off due to high expenses thanks to inflation and interest rates hikes by the FED. FED main job is to curb inflation, one way to do that is by rising interest rates. One of the outcomes is an increase in unemployment. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/02/fed-chair-jerome-powell-haunted-by-the-ghost-of-paul-volcker-could-tank-the-economy/?sh=767772064e14 https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/january-2005/volckers-handling-of-the-great-inflation-taught-us-much https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-microsoft-amazon-meta-others-have-cut-more-than-60000.html#:~:text=The%20tech%20industry%20has%20seen,rising%20inflation%20curbs%20consumer%20spending.
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