{
  "id": 19684577,
  "title": "Fed faces tougher inflation fight as pressure builds for more rate hikes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/fed-faces-tougher-inflation-fight-as-pressure-builds-for-more-rate",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-12T16:55:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Axios",
    "slug": "axios",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/11/12/inflation-rates-fed-iran-tariffs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Inflation has become a widespread issue, no longer limited to specific trouble spots. Federal Reserve officials are now considering whether more aggressive interest rate hikes are necessary to bring inflation under control. Fed officials had hoped that a series of modest interest rate increases would suffice, but the persistent and expanding price pressures are raising the possibility of a more drawn-out tightening campaign with no clear resolution. This would challenge the Fed's delicate balance between containing inflation and avoiding economic damage.\n\nChicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, who described the inflation data as \"borderline disturbing,\" emphasized the need to tackle this real inflation issue. Treasury yields, particularly short-term yields, have surged following Tuesday's inflation report and hawkish remarks from Fed officials. The two-year Treasury note saw a 17 basis point increase, a one-day surge surpassing April 2025 levels. The 10-year Treasury note also jumped about 8 basis points, reaching above 5%.\n\nFinancial markets anticipate a December rate hike, with expectations for additional hikes by June. Even measures that strip out unusually large price swings suggest underlying inflation pressures are intensifying. The Cleveland Fed's trimmed-mean Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in October, the largest monthly increase since May. The Atlanta Fed's sticky-price CPI accelerated to a 4.7% annualized pace, its fastest since February 2025. More than three-quarters of the consumer price basket saw prices increase at an annualized rate exceeding 2% in October, the highest share since August 2022.",
  "summary": "Data: FactSet; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios Inflation is no longer confined to a handful of trouble spots. Now, Federal Reserve officials are starting to question whether raising interest rates gradually will be enough to contain it. Why it matters: Fed officials had hoped that a relatively modest series of interest rate hikes would be enough to bring inflation under control — more a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}