FED’s Jerome Powell Warns Rates Going Higher Than He Planned
View Source | March 7, 2023 10:20 am
- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday cautioned that interest rates are likely to head higher than central bank policymakers had expected.
- “If the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes,” the central bank leader said in prepared remarks for appearances this week on Capitol Hill.
- Powell said the current trend shows that the Fed’s inflation-fighting job is not over.
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