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Fed’s Goolsbee Calls for Policy Caution Amid Credit Uncertainty

(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said the US central bank should exercise “prudence and patience” in raising interest rates as policymakers assess just how much last month’s banking turmoil will contribute to tighter lending conditions.

Fed Operating Losses Seen Growing With Higher Interest Rates

Higher interest rates could force the Federal Reserve to incur greater operating losses on its portfolio of assets and pause remittance payments to the US Treasury Department for “some time,” undercutting a source of government revenue, according to new projections from the New York Fed.

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