Inflation Alert! St. Louis Fed’s James Bullard backs two more hikes. Bullard would have central bank push interest rates up to 5.5%-5.75% range

by Dismal-Jellyfish Sources: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-bullard-backs-two-more-hikes-359fb941: St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Monday said he would like to see two more quarter-percentage-point interest-rate hikes this year. “I think we’re going to have to grind higher with the policy rate in order …

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Fed’s Economic Well-being US Household 2022: “fewer adults reported having money left over after paying their expenses. 54% of adults said that their budgets had been affected “a lot” by price increases.” “51% of adults reported that they reduced their savings in response to higher prices.”

by Dismal-Jellyfish ​ https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2022-report-economic-well-being-us-households-202305.pdf The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022 report, which examines the financial lives of U.S. adults and their families. The report draws from the Board’s tenth annual Survey of Household …

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