U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated on Friday that while the Feds could ease up on the pace of interest rate increases at some point, hikes could continue “for some time” and would “bring some pain” to households and businesses. He added their goal is to return inflation to two per cent.
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