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MNI BRIEF: Fed's Musalem: Interest Rates Likely To Be 3.5%-4% Over Long Run

MNI (WASHINGTON) - The Federal Reserve's benchmark overnight interest rate is likely to be in a 3.5%-4% range over the long run, St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said Thursday. 

Both macro models and market pricing suggest "interest rates need to be a little higher now than they were before the pandemic," he told a business forum in Little Rock, Ark. Investments in AI, reshoring and green energy as well as higher projected fiscal deficits over the next 10 years support this belief, he said. 

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MNI (WASHINGTON) - The Federal Reserve's benchmark overnight interest rate is likely to be in a 3.5%-4% range over the long run, St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said Thursday. 

Both macro models and market pricing suggest "interest rates need to be a little higher now than they were before the pandemic," he told a business forum in Little Rock, Ark. Investments in AI, reshoring and green energy as well as higher projected fiscal deficits over the next 10 years support this belief, he said. 

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