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> One of the responsibilities of central banks is to carefully control messaging

That might be exactly what they're doing. The article says that their forward guidance for interest rate hikes is substantially below market expectations. Maybe they are hoping that a bit of gloomy talking will do some the work of slowing down price dynamics, reducing the need for them to take more drastic measures.



Philosophers may consider this a "performative utterance".




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