I don't think Powell wishes to break things to bring the inflation down, with him not getting the desired results this present a big dilemma for both the FED and the Government, it is not a good sign knowing fully well that the election is coming, if the economy is not doing well what are they going to use to campaign, but the job of the FED is to make sure they have the monetary system under full control. I have a feeling they are going to raise the interest rate by 0.25%, the last time I checked there is 85% chance of this happening before the next quarter and with rumour of Ukraine-Russia war coming to an end we are likely to inflation coming down and likely doge recession
I believe no one wants to break the economy to bring inflation down, but the same as the other economic events when inflation went high, causing a recession through monetary policy was necessary to curb demand and bring inflation down. It's something like an economic reset to flush the economy of excess money in circulation. Smaller money supply = smaller economy, then it rebuilds and grows again as the Federal Reserve expands the money supply through QE.
If Powell refuses to tighten and just leave inflation to be always high, then inflation will cause a recession for him as it slowly exhausts the people's savings until they are left with none. That would be a worse kind of recession because inflation is still high = Stagflation. But it won't end in Stagflation because Powell still needs to curb inflation. If he tightens during a time when people don't have any savings, then that could cause the worse economic condition = Depression. It would he harder to rebuild from such a condition. It's better to cause a recession now while the people still have their savings.