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Rate Hike Risk Returns to the Meeting Agenda
· New York time
Economists responding to the hot producer price report say the Federal Reserve's inflation work is unfinished, CNBC reports. One Fed watcher warned of a real risk of another rate increase at the meeting in two weeks. That is an economist's assessment of the risk, with the decision still ahead. The warning adds a policy consequence to the inflation discussion: stronger price pressure can make arguments for tighter monetary policy more pressing. Officials must nevertheless interpret incoming evidence within a broader assessment rather than follow a decision already written into one release. A central bank meeting is not simply a smoke alarm wired to an interest rate lever. The data can be loud. Someone still has to inspect the kitchen, examine the other instruments and decide whether the toast is an adequate explanation.
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