Pessimists watching the Federal Reserve battle inflation have focused on the so-called "last-mile" problem, convinced a full return to the U.S. central bank's 2% inflation target will require a recession and significant job losses to cool ongoing price rises. History is on their side, with academic studies and other research concluding the levels of inflation seen over the last two years can't be fixed without a downturn, and prominent economists projecting a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate to between 5% and 10% from the current 3.5% - with millions out of work - might be the price that's paid. As a ... (full story)