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Fed's Bullard calls for big hike in interest rates to fight inflation
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that he has become "dramatically" more hawkish in light of the hottest inflation reading in…
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"I'd like to see 100 basis points in the bag by July 1," Bullard told Bloomberg News in an interview, after a U.S. government report showed inflation rose 7.5% in the 12 months through January.
With only three Fed meetings between now and July 1, Bullard's comments point to at least one half-percentage-point rate hike, a big move the Fed hasn't made in any recent rate-hiking cycle.
Contracts traded at CME Group are now fully pricing in a half-percentage-point interest rate increase in March - up from about a 25% chance of such a hike on Wednesday.