The rebound in inflation, rapid employment growth and the recently announced boost to Federal spending for the next two years should convince the Fed to raise rates by 25bp at Jerome Powell’s first FOMC meeting as Chair. We expect the Fed’s updated projections to show more officials now anticipate four rate hikes this year, although that might not become the median forecast until later in the year.
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