July Outlook: Fed, Inflation Loom Large This Month

Investors are wrestling with uncertainty about a variety of economic questions. Is inflation under control yet? What will the Federal Reserve do next? Does a recession lurk around the corner? In June, the answers to all of those questions proved unsatisfactory. It was a month when the central bank’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) finally…

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Is the Fed finally going to hit the pause button?

The U.S. central bank’s Federal Open Markets Committee meets June 13-14, and the central bank’s next move is front and center on the minds of investors. After rate increases at 10 consecutive FOMC meetings, is the Federal Reserve finally going to pause its relentless series of aggressive rate hikes? Or will the Fed’s governors conclude…

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