COLUMN: What’s happening on inflation, recession in Salem

Economic recovery and recession – these are the phrases of the moment. And the question of the moment is: will the area’s almost complete economic recovery from pandemic job losses be followed by a recession?

We say “almost complete” recovery because several industries are still not back to pre-pandemic job levels. And the possibility of a recession occurring is on a lot of minds lately, because the governors of the Federal Reserve Board, the nation’s…