Inflation dominated questioning at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hearing on Tuesday for confirmation for a second term.

Powell, who was renominated by President Joe Biden to lead the Fed, said that the central bank is prepared to tackle inflation by hiking interest rates and that the economy is now in good enough shape for pandemic-related stimulus to be pared back. He said that the Fed is prepared for the possibility that inflation proves stickier than presumed.

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