Fundamental: Fed May Need to Hike to 6.5% to Cool Prices, Study Says

Federal Reserve officials may need to raise interest rates as high as 6.5% to defeat inflation, according to new research that was sharply critical of the central bank's initially slow response to rising prices. In a paper presented Friday at a conference in New York, a quintet of Wall Street economists and academics argue that policymakers still have an ...     Alert Feb 25, 2023, 12:15am Fundamental: Fed May Need to Hike to 6.5% to Cool Prices, Study Says Federal Reserve officials may need to raise interest rates as high as 6.5% to defeat inflation, according to new research that was sharply critical of the central bank's initially slow response to rising prices. In a paper presented Friday at a conference in New York, a quintet of Wall Street economists and academics argue that policymakers still have an ... View Story Edit This Alert     You've opted-in to receive Alerts from Forex Factory. • Unsubscribe from this content • Enable Do-Not-Disturb to pause all Alerts • Contact FF for Alert support