David Wessel asks "For the Fed, is it 1998 all over again?"
David Wessel's latest Brookings Report is out now.
❝ The other day on CNBC I got a predictable question: With ripple effects from Turkey’s economic woes infecting other emerging markets, will the Federal Reserve reconsider plans to raise interest rates a couple more times this year? When central bank Chairman Jerome Powell asks the Fed staff to respond to that question, someone is certain to recall how the Fed reacted to the Asian financial crisis. [Brookings.edu]
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