Economics

Fed Officials Take Aim at Inflation, Say Ready to Act With Vigor

  • Policy makers repeat that a half-point hike on table in May
  • ‘Some’ 50 basis-point rate increases needed, Fed’s Mester says

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Federal Reserve officials said Americans should take them at their word that they will curb inflation and repeated that a 50 basis-point increase in interest rates is on the table for their next meeting in May.