Economics
Fed Will Find It Hard to Talk About Path Ahead After March Hike
- Inflation surge provokes further hawkish tilt on tightening
- Cloudy outlook making it harder to provide assurance on policy
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Federal Reserve officials head toward their January meeting with only tentative conviction that inflation will finish the year below 3% -- as they predict -- and are already saying they may need to raise interest rates faster than expected.