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By Howard Schneider BALTIMORE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US economic conditions "are, if anything, firming," with continued consumer spending and strength beyond the boom in artificial intelligence keeping the Federal Reserve's focus on inflation,
Economist David Rosenberg warns the Fed has never avoided a recession tightening into an energy shock and says AI will not protect the economy this time.
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rose by +0.20% on Monday. The dollar moved higher on Monday amid hawkish Fed comments. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee and St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said the Fed may have to hike interest rates further to restore price stability.
Federal Reserve policymakers raised the benchmark interest rate just days after President Trump said the United States should have "the lowest interest rates in the world."
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point rate on Wednesday. Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision, and what it means for markets,
Goldman Sachs has spent more than a year defending its bullish gold call through rate cuts, rate hikes, and everything happening in between. Its latest note suggests the bank still believes the metal has considerably further to run, even with the Fed working directly against it in the near term.
"So even if we strip out energy, ​which is really ​volatile, and strip out food ... inflation is still too high," Kashkari told Fox News.
Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Wednesday left open-ended how much more interest rates may have to rise to tame inflation.
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President John Williams defended the US central bank's monetary policy implementation system on Tuesday, while saying it can be adjusted and tweaked in line with changes in financial markets.