Powell Gets Serious About 50 Basis Points

                                                                                             

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank's target is likely to go up by a half a percentage point at its next meeting. He also signaled that he is open to similarly large moves after that.

“It is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more quickly,” Powell said Thursday.

Treasury yields jumped and stocks sank on the news. This itself is a form of financial tightening and helps the Fed, so it was probably Powell's intended result.

– Alex Marlow & John Carney
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