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I cover the Fed as best I can for Marketwatch. Grateful for story ideas and fresh perspectives. grobb@Marketwatch.com
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Markets attuned to upward surprise in CPI

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By Greg Robb 
| MarketWatch
Financial markets are on edge, worried about an upward surprise in the CPI index after the May jobs report showed a resilient labor market, said Jim Reed, economist at Deutsche Bank. "We know that markets are attuned to hawkish risk after the reaction on Friday, so an upside surprise could cause trouble given how febrile markets have been recently," Reed said, in a note to clients. Economist are expecting a 0.5% rise in the CPI index in May and a 0.3% rise in core prices.
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What it would take for Fed to hike

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By Greg Robb 
| MarketWatch
The Federal Reserve is likely to agree to a prolonged pause at its interest-rate policy meeting in a week, but would move to hike interest rates in coming months if the unemployment rate falls to 4.2% and core inflation hits 3%, said Alex Pelle, senior economist at Mizuho. “At the 3% level there is no reasonable ambiguity as to whether inflation is above the Fed’s target,” Pelle said, in a note to clients Core CPI was running at a 2.8% annual rate in April.
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Inflation has peaked, Nationwide economist says

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By Greg Robb 
| MarketWatch
Higher energy costs pushed up inflation last month, but it has now peaked and will trend lower, assuming a near-term resolution if Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz, said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide. The Fed is expected to keep interest rates on hold, but the odds of a rate increase are "not negligible," she added in a note to clients.
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