Fed Officials Suggest Faster Rate Hikes, Admit Inflation Is ‘Very High’: Fed Minutes

Fed Officials Suggest Faster Rate Hikes, Admit Inflation Is ‘Very High’: Fed Minutes
The Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington on March 27, 2009. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
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The Federal Reserve plans to move forward with multiple 50-basis-point interest rate hikes to fight inflation, minutes from the May Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting revealed on May 25.

According to the minutes, committee members said the first-quarter economic construction offered “little signal about subsequent growth,” noting that they think real gross domestic product would expand “solidly” in the second quarter.

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