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A New York Fed survey shows that most U.S. households think the high inflation environment will not fade over the next 12 months.

The Fed's preferred gauge to track inflation climbed 4.9% in April from the previous year, close to the highest level since 1983.

Former Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser argued, Thursday, that the central bank should have acted sooner to curb soaring inflation.

The Federal Reserve released minutes from its May meeting, which showed that policymakers are prepared to move more rapidly to raise rates than the market may expect.

Stock equities are likely to see further losses, according to Goldman Sachs strategists, until the Federal Reserve signals that interest rate hikes are coming to an end.

Bill Ackman is urging the Federal Reserve to be more aggressive in raising rates, warning that the economy could be on the brink of collapse.

The Federal Reserve's "hawkish pivot" has raised the risk of an economic recession, according to BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager.

The Federal Reserve faces a new challenge as it tries to tame inflation and cool consumer demand, without inadvertently triggering an economic recession.

The Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein warned on "Mornings with Maria" that the Fed is attempting to avoid stagflation and not raising interest rates "too much" amid soaring inflation.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke draws from his own experience in handling the financial crisis of 2007-2009 as current Chairman Powell faces his own as inflation rages.

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said the inflation spike that Americans are experiencing today is very different from that of the 1970s.

Wall Street is increasingly convinced that the Federal Reserve is going to drag the economy into a recession with its war on inflation.

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard argued, during an exclusive interview on "Cavuto: Coast to Coast," that the central bank must "get inflation under control" and that he believes the Federal Reserve has "a good plan to do so."

The average American is likely shelling out an extra $311 a month because of inflation, according to a recent Moody's Analytics analysis. The financial squeeze stems from the rising cost of a number of everyday goods, including cars, rent, food, gasoline and health care.

Soaring consumer prices, supply chain shocks, rising energy costs and a hawkish Federal Reserve determined to bring inflation under control: These are the worrisome attributes of the U.S. economy that have some experts sounding the alarm over a possible return to 1970s-style "stagflation."

In making the new projection, Wells Fargo noted that "consumer activity has weakened" considerably as the economy confronts new COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions, sky-high inflation and a strong U.S. dollar, in addition to the Russian war in Ukraine and aggressive Fed monetary policy.

Expectations for future conditions were also bleak: About 60% of executives believe the economy will worsen over the next six months – a stark increase from the previous quarter, when fewer than one-quarter of respondents expected conditions to deteriorate.

Craft Ventures co-founder and general partner David Sacks warned that the U.S. is headed for a recession later this year as markets have been experiencing the "worst downturn since the dot-com crash."

Eddie Ghabour, the co-founder of Key Advisors Group LLC, warned that the U.S. is in the "largest bubble of our lifetime, " and it's going to burst as the Federal Reserve is "going to suck liquidity out of the system."

Citi's Institutional Client Group Chairman Leon Kalvaria noted that “people are worried about a recession” as inflation outpaces wage growth.