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Powell vows to prevent inflation from taking hold in the U.S. for the long run

Raising interest rates is the wrong solution to the inflation problem, analyst says

The U.S. Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to a range of 1.5%-1.75% in June — the biggest increase since 1994. Fed Chair Jerome Powell (above) flagged there could be another rate hike in July.

Mary F. Calvert | Reuters

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed Wednesday that policymakers would not allow inflation to take hold of the U.S. economy over the longer term.

“The risk is that because of the…


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