How Jerome Powell may try to calm the market's frazzled nerves

January 27, 2022

Powell can still make the case that the Fed won’t have to cause a recession to get inflation down. Powell will also try to avoid a sense of rushing to tighten, Guha added. This means that none of the market’s concerns about the Fed this week will not be realized. March lift-offMarkets will be watching for a signal that the Fed plans to lift off in March unless something surprising happens. Those discussions are likely to continue this week and Powell will provide an update.