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Fed officials call March rate hike 'appropriate' with inflation high, banks resilient
Two Federal Reserve officials said Thursday the Federal Reserve's decision last week to raise interest rates by another 0.25% was necessary because inflation remains too high.
Boston Fed President Susan Collins said raising interest rates by another 0.25% was "appropriate" amid elevated inflation and uncertainty around lasting impacts from the bank crisis.
"While recognizing the heightened uncertainty, I believe staying the course with a one-quarter-percent increase in the policy rate at last week's FOMC meeting was appropriate," Collins said in a speech in Washington at the NABE Economic Policy Conference.
Collins also said she anticipates raising rates another 25 basis points from the current range of 4.75%-5% to a new range of 5%-5.25% — in line with the median forecast from Fed officials — and holding there through the end of the year. She said she was planning to increase her forecast for how high rates needed to be raised to be "sufficiently tight," but that the banking issues offset some of that.
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said in a separate speech on Thursday he wanted to raise rates 0.25%, given the banking system appeared "resilient" at the time, while also noting inflation is too high.
"I saw substantial inflationary pressure and a resilient banking system," Barkin said in a speech in Richmond.
Barkin also suggested he wanted to avoid a situation like the experience of the 1970s.
"If you back off on inflation too soon, inflation comes back stronger, requiring the Fed to do even more, with even more damage," Barkin said. "With inflation high, broad based and persistent, I didn’t want to take that risk."
Neither Barkin nor Collins are currently voting members of the FOMC, the Fed Committee that votes on policy changes.
Collins said recent bank failures could cause banks to hand out fewer loans, offsetting the need for more rate hikes, echoing the view set forth by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a press conference last week.
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