Barkin warned that temporary shocks spurring inflation this year could drag on and new cost pressures could develop
Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin suggested more rate hikes could be coming as the central bank focuses all of its attention on taming inflation.
Speaking at an event in Baltimore, Barkin compared the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment to raising two “very different kids.”
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