Hawkish Fed Speak and Profit-Taking has Treasuries on the Back Foot
South State Correspondent
MAY 13, 2022
Hawkish Fed Speak Continues. Treasuries are weaker this morning as some hawkish commentary late yesterday from Chair Powell and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly reiterated the Fed’s commitment to squash inflation. Powell’s comments were interpreted differently by various outlets but he repeated his comment from the FOMC press conference that should inflation continue stronger than expected the Fed is prepared to do more.
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