Fed Inclined Toward More Rate Hikes to Curb Inflation

According to the Fed minutes, "maintaining a restrictive policy stance until inflation is clearly on a path toward 2 percent is appropriate from a risk-management perspective."

By Craig Torres | February 23, 2023 at 09:41 AM

Photo: The seal of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

When they met earlier this month, Federal Reserve officials continued to anticipate further increases in borrowing costs would be necessary to bring inflation down to their 2 percent target, although almost all supported a step down in the pace of interest rate hikes.

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