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Wall Street Today | Premature for Fed to Call End to Rate Hikes with Inflation Still High, Williams Says

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Moomoo Recap US wrote a column · May 9, 2023 19:45
Wall Street Today | Premature for Fed to Call End to Rate Hikes with Inflation Still High, Williams Says
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Premature for Fed to Call End to Rate Hikes with Inflation Still High, Williams Says
"We haven't said we are done raising rates" and Fed officials have not yet decided what lies ahead with possible increases in short-term borrowing costs, Williams said. "We've made incredible progress" in taking action to lower overly high levels of inflation, but "if additional policy firming is appropriate, we'll do that," he said.
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Wall Street Today | Premature for Fed to Call End to Rate Hikes with Inflation Still High, Williams Says
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