Fed likely to hike 25 bps next week – MNI

Citing former senior Bank for International Settlements official and ex-New York Fed research director Stephen Cecchetti, MNI reported on Wednesday, “the Federal Reserve will likely approve a quarter-point interest rate increase next week as focus shifts from strong economic data to restoring confidence in the banking system.”

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"I would try to get that message out as broadly, clearly and quickly as possible, and then I would raise interest rates. Does that mean you're probably going to go 25 now instead of 50 and then postpone further increases? Probably yes.”

Pausing would be a "very bad signal. It would be read as you're really worried about the financial stability consequences of further interest rate increases and you're willing to compromise your inflation objective."