clouds, team biden says the world s largest economy is in goods shape as well as in good hands. people are buying less goods, spending time at home. they re spending more on services. that creates some real challenges for some companies and some c.e.o.s. what i would say is that not only is a recession not inevitable, i think a lot of people are underestimating those strengths and the resilience of the american economy. inflation is obviously happening globally. recession is not inevitable. the president really wants to have a steady and stable recovery. but, of course, one of the biggest pieces of these inflationary increases that we re seeing is the price of fuel. that s kim warner. she joins me now with more. claire, so clearly fears of recession vehvilainen front and center. we heard there from janet yellen the clearest words yet, i think. what tools does she have in her arsenal to make sure we don t get to recession? yes, she talked a lot about this actually. the part that