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Kudlow: Rate Hike Could Be Coming Soon

June 12, 2008 12:25 PM ET | James Pethokoukis | Permanent Link | Print

From The Man himself:

Is there a July Fed action coming to take back a one-quarter rate cut? I think so. That would put up the target to 2.25 percent. It would be a shot heard round the world, strengthening the dollar and attracting new liquidity and capital flows into the US economy. Bullish for containing inflation, keeping down the unindexed capital gains tax, and helping stocks and the economy to recover. Plosser is right on the money.

Tags: interest rates | Federal Reserve | Larry Kudlow

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James Pethokoukis is the money and politics blogger for U.S. News & World Report , where he writes the monthly Capital Commerce magazine column. Pethokoukis is also the assistant managing editor of the magazine's Money & Business section. He has written for many publications including the New York Times, the American, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and TCS Daily. Pethokoukis is also an official CNBC contributor and appears frequently on that network's Kudlow & Company, Power Lunch, and The Call shows. In addition, he has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNN, and Nightly Business Report on PBS. A 1989 graduate of Northwestern University where he double majored in Soviet politics and American history and a 1991 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, Pethokoukis is a 2002 Jeopardy! champion.

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