America’s low unemployment rate and decidedly-mild wage and price data have caused inflation worriers to rethink their estimates for the next round of interest rate increases. For a while, the bet was on this month, but that seems to have faded. Then, it was December. But from the way things look, the Federal Reserve, in its effort to protect us from inflation, will have a hard time justifying an end-of-year rate increase.

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