Its not the COVID economy its just the economy now

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  • Instead, the shocks of the pandemic have reshaped the very fabric of the economy itself.Zoom in: Powell was explaining why the FOMC dropped the term "public health" from the risk factors listed in its post-meeting statement this week.
  • Reshoring/friend-shoring: The pandemic's supply shocks, and increasing tensions with China, are pushing some companies to move manufacturing closer to home or at least toward "friendly" nations.
  • The bottom line: The shocks of the past few years have changed so many people's lives — there's been so much loss — it would be weird if the economy didn't change, too.
  • But high inflation, spurred by the supply shocks of the pandemic, pushed central bankers to raise rates.
  • Illustration: Annelise Capossela/AxiosThe Federal Reserve doesn't see the pandemic posing a risk to the economy anymore — an important milestone.
  • The big picture: Some parts of our altered post-COVID economy are shifts that were already underway, and were accelerated by the pandemic.
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