Fragile Calm Returns and Powell's Anti-Inflation Rhetoric Ratchets Up

Political Economist • Dec 1, 2021 at 7:08 AM EST

Into the uncertainty over the implications of Omicron, the Federal Reserve Chairman injected a particularly hawkish signal into the mix in his testimony before the Senate.

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