the notes from the us central bank s last meetings show policy makers are feeling better about inflation. they a . ree better about inflation. they agree with better about inflation. they agree with investors - better about inflation. they agree with investors that i better about inflation. tie: agree with investors that rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree that that will come down this year. but they offer no clues as to how or when that will happen. just to remind viewers it started raising rates in march 2022. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark weight to a range of five and a quarter to five and a half percent. inflation had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. new data out on wednesday showed the number of job out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to a .70 9 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour, but it is still way above pre labels. that is consistent with the goal to slow the
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