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Atlanta Fed Pres. Bostic

Atlanta Fed Pres. Bostic is speaking and says:

  • It is clear the economy can stand on its own feet him
  • The Federal Reserve has a little more to go raising interest rates in the coming months
  • It will take time for cash to flow out of consumers bank accounts
  • Businesses are still having trouble satisfying demand
  • full effect of Ukraine war has not been felt yet, upward price pressure for industrial inputs still to come
  • Ukraine is a large, further sorts of uncertainty for the Fed
  • The Fed needs to be ready to either move faster or slower depending upon data and how the economy reacts
  • It may be the case that the Fed needs to go "super hard on rate hikes, but that is not the baseline