Fed dashes cold water on shock-and-awe hike of 75 basis points

Fed dashes cold water on shock-and-awe hike of 75 basis points

Federal Reserve officials are showing scant support for what would be the most drastic single policy tightening in almost three decades, though they’re on board with a series of still-large moves aimed at curbing an inflation spiral. Chair Jerome Powell and other officials haven’t backed a suggestion by their St. Louis Fed colleague James Bullard … Read more