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Interest rates too low for too long and now it is being forced to play catch up to rain at all and. usually interest rate hikes happen in percentage point increases. cuts happen fast increases to the borrowing rate, at least in the last decade or so, has been a slow and measured process. but with inflation rising as fast as it is there is pressure on mr powell and his colleagues to get a handle on it which is why the fed share is warning that everyone if deemed necessary to raise rates more quickly by half a percentage point, it will. craig erlam is senior market analyst at oanda. good morning...

Debt begin to rise as well. already 14% of the budget we see 100 basis point increase, you're talking about 20% of the budget being allocated just to finance the debt. so it's about who is going to finance the debt? that has to be done with increased taxes so a very big barrier for the feds when they're can looking at putting the burden of the consumer base. >> i'll be first to say the federal reserve is priming the wrong bubble but they've been almost forced into that position because the president hasn't come to the table, congress hasn't come to the table. they're the only adults in the roo...