In a speech to the International Monetary Fund, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed that the central bank was almost certain to raise interest rates by 0.5% at its next meeting.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Powell said: “It is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more quickly to raise interest rates than the Fed has in the recent past. I also think there’s something in the idea of front-end-loading the removal of stimulus.”
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