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They have climbed for weeks as investors surrendered hopes for rate cuts later this year, with minutes from the central bank’s most recent meeting showing that officials are beginning to consider raising rates instead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In the run-up to Warsh's appointment, he repeatedly called on Powell and the central bank to cut interest rates in a bid to boost economic growth.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

As a result, central banks have had to implement more frequent and larger hikes in short-term interest rates to contain expectations for future inflation.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Sparser Fed communication could create a period of larger swings as markets transition to a world where the central bank does less to tame policy uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The central players in the drama were not the marginal or peripheral figures, whose lives are more typical, but rather the political leaders at the center of the national story who wielded power.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis