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"
Has the connection between a vigorous job market and high inflation broken down?
``It would be very premature to declare victory," Powell says
A downshift in rate increases is fueling enthusiasm on Wall Street that hikes will soon stop
Prices up 5% year over year, consumer spending down 0.2% from November
Sooner or later, someone has to blink