Powell sees ongoing Fed rate hikes needed to tame hot inflation
Powell sees ongoing Fed rate hikes needed to tame hot inflation
Abstract
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will keep raising interest rates to tame inflation following the steepest hike in almost three decades. ‘We anticipate that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate,’ he said Wednesday in the text of his semiannual testimony to the Senate Banking Committee. Powell’s prepared remarks largely reiterated comments at a press conference last week. The rising cost of living has angered Americans and hurt the standing of President Joe Biden's Democrats with voters with voters ahead of November midterm elections. Inflation has angered President Joe.