Duy: On the Fed, Possible March Rate Hike, and Dudley

From Tim Duy at Bloomberg: Timing of the Next Fed Rate Hike Is Now a Balancing Act Will they or won't they? Bond traders are now pricing in odds above 75 percent that Federal Reserve policy makers will raise interest rates when they meet in two weeks, but there is still plenty of data to chew on before then. ... The timing of the next hike is a balancing act between the need for preemptive policy to stave off inflationary pressure against the desire to let labor market strength continue to eat away at any residual underemployment. As of December, the median Federal Open Market Committee......(read more)

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