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Powell Didn’t Want To

Powell Didn’t Want To
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Jan. 11, 2022. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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On Jan. 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had to make a difficult announcement. At the Federal Open Market Committee’s press conference, Powell announced that Quantitative Easing would end in early March, earlier than expected, and the Fed was likely to announce the beginning of a tightening cycle at its March meeting.

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