On May 3, according to a report by WSJ, internal discussions within the Federal Reserve about the interest-rate path are showing a clear shift. After months of expectations for rate cuts, officials have begun discussing under what conditions a rate hike might need to be resumed.

The report says that at the latest policy meeting, three regional Federal Reserve presidents publicly opposed keeping the policy wording of “more likely to cut next.” Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said that future interest-rate adjustments “could be a rate hike or a rate cut.”

The outgoing Federal Reserve Chair, Powell, also acknowledged that the Fed is gradually shifting from a “dovish” stance to a “neutral position,” adding that if a rate hike is needed in the future, the Fed would first move to neutral guidance before turning toward a rate-hike bias.

The report points out that persistently high energy prices, the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, and escalating tensions in the Middle East are again raising risks of U.S. inflation, and also weakening market expectations for rate cuts within the year. #美国寻求战略比特币储备