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The Tell Fed rate hikes are back in the conversation. Here’s why, and what could trigger them. The bar for interest-rate hikes remains high, but these areas warrant watching, says Barclays
The U.S. central bank will probably need to leave interest rates where they are for a while longer to ensure inflation stays low in the face of upward pressure from the Trump administration's tariffs,
Rate hikes could also be in play if long-term inflation expectations become unanchored. The latest University of Michigan sentiment survey released Friday showed that both year-ahead and long-run ...
The bar for interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve remains high, but they aren't being ruled out either. Barclays analysts looked at three prior episodes of reversals of Fed policy and found ...
The Federal Reserve need not cut interest rates with companies planning to raise prices later this year in response to higher import taxes and with the job market still stable, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic told Reuters.
To inform their view, the Barclays team studied three prior episodes when the Fed reversed course on rates via hikes in March 1997 and June 1999, as well as a period from late 2021 to early 2022.
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