Gooood morning readers! I'm Phil Rosen. On tap today we've got a great interview with a top real estate economist and this week's best markets stories, including updates on the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown.
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Good morning. I'm Phil Rosen, writing to you just blocks away from the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan.
Yesterday on Capitol Hill, Jerome Powell reiterated his warning that the Fed's more than ready to keep jacking up rates if necessary.
Inflation hasn't gone away as easily as policymakers want, and Powell thinks that may just warrant a steeper policy path.
He did make clear, however, that nothing yet is set in stone (traders have doubled the expected odds of a half-point hike at this month's meeting).
