Powell Digs In as War Forces a New Path for the Fed
The embattled chairman raises the stakes against prosecution.
Ignore the dot plot.
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“The implications of developments in the Middle East for the US economy are uncertain.” That assessment, impossible to challenge, was all the Federal Reserve had to say about the escalating war in the Gulf. More or less everyone agreed, and the words contributed to a hugely difficult day on world markets.