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The central bank signaled Wednesday it will raise interest rates three times in 2022. The Fed's fight against pandemic-era inflation is on.

Until recently the Federal Reserve had been purchasing roughly $120 billion of assets every month to support the US economy. The Fed began scaling back those purchases in November and doubled the pace on Dec. 15.

Shop, worried about the supply chain part of it, and the folks who rush out because they worry about the mail getting there on time, potentially driving this. the federal reserve board is scheduled to meet a half hour from now, is my understanding, for the last time of the year. how are they responding to the higher prices? do we expect them to curtail the support they've been giving to the economy? >> when we heard last from jay powell, it was the biggest pivot we've seen. he said we have to stop calling inflation transitory, we have to start tapering, meaning ending, the monetary support com...

But inflation is raging in the us with annual inflation at rates not seen for a0 years. the latest figures show prices rose 6.8% in the year to november. and speculation is mounting that the fed will reduce the bond—buying support it provides every month more quickly than planned, paving the way for a possible rise in interest rates next year. joining me now is scott anderson, chief economist at bank of the west, san francisco. what do you expect the federal reserve to do later?— reserve to do later? thank you for having _ reserve to do later? thank you for having me. _ reserve to do later...

The US Federal Reserve is expected to announce this week that the central bank will accelerate the pace of tapering asset purchases and prepare for raising interest rates in 2022 due to the growing risk of persistent higher inflation, economists have said.