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Fed's rate hike 'baby steps' could backfire: Economist
The Federal Reserve is potentially limiting its ability to deal with a future economic downturn by taking "baby steps" to raise interest rates, the chief U.S. economist at UBS said Thursday. "You need in good times to build up a reserve of basis points so that when bad times come you can ease again," Maury Harris said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "If they're going to be in such [slow-motion] when they tighten, heaven help us when there's a real problem and they need to cut rates and they don't have much left." The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said Wednesday it was unlikely at its April meeting to begin ... (full story)
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