Fed’s Schmid says restrictive rates needed to cool inflation

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said the US central bank should hold rates at a “somewhat restrictive” level, as he expressed continued concerns over inflation that remains too high.

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“In my view, further rate cuts risk allowing high inflation to persist even longer,” Schmid said Wednesday in prepared remarks for an event in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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