February unemployment rate rose to 3.6%
Getting inflation back to 2% “has a long way to go,” Fed chair tells senators while analysts raise spectre of a half-point hike
A run of strong U.S. economic data could lead to greater-than-forecasted hikes
A third of economists expect a recession to begin in the April-June quarter
But Fed board member says current environment differs from past inflationary periods in four ways
All agreed ongoing rate increases “would be appropriate''
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs predict U.S. will hike rate to 5.25% or 5.5%
January's solid spending will likely raise pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike rates further
It was the seventh straight year-over-year slowdown but inflation remains far above the Fed's 2% target
Post-pandemic economy has "confounded all sorts of attempts to predict what it will do"