Edited by James Callan, Editor at LinkedIn News
The Federal Reserve faces mounting pressure to accelerate interest-rate hikes after October’s hotter-than-expected inflation report. Fed Gov. Christopher Waller raised the possibility of a half-point increase in December, while Dallas Fed President Laurie Logan called for at least two additional quarter-point hikes.
Investors are now betting on a faster pace of policy tightening, though a so-called “jumbo” rate hike next month remains uncertain. On LinkedIn, Renaissance Macro’s Neil Dutta warns that “overtightening is the dominant risk going into 2027, given the delayed impact of monetary policy.”
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