Families are "squeezing to make ends meet," caught between rising prices and a lack of accessible child care, Kim Bracey, chief executive of the YWCA York, told Powell.
Julie Keene, owner of Flinchbaugh’s Orchard, zeroed in on inflation, and pressed Powell on the uncertain environment businesses have having to navigate.
In conversations with shopkeepers, Powell and Harker focused on aspects of the businesses and the owners' backgrounds - not inflation or the impact of interest rates.
Speaking with Reuters ahead of their arrival at her shop she said high interest rates were pressing her hard.
"I mean, lower the interest rates," she said.
Persons:
Jerome Powell, Evelyn Hockstein, Powell, Kim Bracey, Julie Keene, Keene, Bracey, Gallup, Alan Greenspan, Patrick Harker, Michelle Wright, Mane, Wright, Harker, Drayden, Jennifer Heasley, Howard Schneider, Dan Burns
Organizations:
Federal, Federal Reserve, REUTERS, Monday, YWCA York, Philadelphia Fed, Luxe, York Central Market, Thomson
Locations:
Washington , U.S, Pennsylvania, York , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Flinchbaugh’s Orchard, zeroed, Keene, Powell