the kind of mixed message folks got indicating it would just be a temporary pause? is was an interesting meeting for the fed. it was a porkish pause. be positive the deciding of not raising interest rates. it was hawkish because which we heard that the committee will look at raising rates again this year. they have paused for now but said brace yourself because there is more coming. that matters because those expectation determine the interest rates that go into a business loan. so longer-term interest rates rise and this will in fact slow down the economy. the treasury secretary or former secretary said he was