hovering around 2%. right now, it sits somewhere around 4%. that s certainly better than where it was last year. somewhere above 8.5%. but it is still not good enough. and it s why the fed chair jerome powell has said more interest rate hikes seem pretty likely. in may, the 12 month change in the cpi came in at 4.0% and the change in the core cpi was 5.3%. inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year. nonetheless, inflation pressures continue to run high and the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go. the theory is by making it more expensive to borrow money it should cool off the economy. and ten rate hikes later, that tactic seems to be working. of course, the danger is the us economy could fall into a recession. those hawkish comments by mr powell had certainly weighed on investor minds. the nikki index is trading flat as japanese investors look at what happened on wall street overnight aftermarket sales for a third straight on
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yellen has sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at three pm local time on tuesday after that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from the ock. in less than two weeks the ock. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. republicans have continued to demand cuts to social spending before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions lawmakers must raise the debt limit because failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes are job losses, those that depend on social security benefits were get paid, and the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of confidence t