Interest Rates

Part 1 of 2: Where are companies—and where should they be—a year out from the end of the global standard benchmark interest rate?

Following in the footsteps of inflation-slayer Volcker, Powell openly endorses raising rates into restrictive territory with the aim of cooling off the labor market.

Fed Chair Powell says 75 bps or 50 bps hike is likely in July, setting a "flexibly hawkish" tone for near-future rate policy.

Minutes from the meeting earlier this month indicate the Fed will continue large interest rate increases in the short term, but will reconsider that strategy this fall.

Inflation is front-and-center in policymaking, but "this is not a shock-and-awe Volcker moment."

FOMC also decided to start tapering its holdings of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities by $47.5 billion per month.