The Federal Reserve says the economy is growing at a modest pace. The central bank saw inflationary pressures rising. Will it be enough to raise Interest Rates . Erik schatzker is in washington with the latest Economic Data. Give us the interesting points of the book this time around. The book could have strengthened a case for a rate ite two weeks from now but did not. You heard those words and you said it yourself, modest. The key word in these anecdotal reports, modest economic growth, modest wage increases, modest hiring. Not an assessment that turns doves into hawks. If anything, it raises the stakes for fridays jobs report. You have to figure policymakers are struggling. There is a tight labor market. There are signs of building inflation as a backdrop. You have Consumer Spending just yesterday, home sales, and that surprisingly Strong Manufacturing data reported this morning. Then you have the book you might characterize, as i have, as meh. There is just not a lot to go off of h
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