Financial Times/Colby Smith and Caitlin Gilbert/9-17-2022
“Nearly 70 percent of the 44 economists surveyed between September 13 and 15 believe the fed funds rate of this tightening cycle will peak between 4 percent and 5 percent, with 20 percent of the view that it will need to pass that level.”
USAGOLD note: Even at 5%, interest rates would still be a considerable distance from the current inflation rate at 8.3%. The current fed funds rate, by the way, is 2.33%. Wall Street is projecting a 0.75% increase at this week’s FOMC meeting, with some analysts forecasting a 1% increase.
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