restrictive

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When it goes up, it can be a restrictive force.

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Goolsbee also said that with inflation running above the Fed’s goal for nearly five years, the central bank’s policy rate might not be especially restrictive in real terms, reducing the urgency to cut.

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Goolsbee also said that with inflation running above the Fed’s goal for nearly five years, the central bank’s policy rate might not be especially restrictive in real terms, reducing the urgency to cut.

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Inside the Fed, the mood has turned hawkish, indicating a bias toward more restrictive monetary policy.

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Policymakers emphasized the need for more evidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward the bank’s target and acknowledged that monetary policy may need to remain restrictive for some time if price pressures fail to cool.

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