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Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh gave what financial markets regarded as a fairly hawkish speech on August 28 at the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole conference. Fed watchers are taking the speech as a promise to raise interest rates later to fight inflation. However, Warsh has not yet pulled the trigger on rate hikes since he became Fed chairman in May. His next opportunity to do so will be the September 16 policy meeting.
