Fears about persistent inflation and stagflation have come full circle and returned to financial markets due to insufficient Fed tightening as measured by real interest rates.
Service sector price increases have replaced commodities as the main driver of inflation, thereby presenting the Fed with a big challenge due to their greater importance in the economy.
Adjustment to the Fed's policy framework is required due to the resilience of the real economy to policy tightening. A higher terminal level of the federal funds rate is required.
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