Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart on Monday said he’s confident there will be a rate hike this year. “As things settle down, I will be ready for the first policy move on the path to a more normal interest-rate environment. I am confident the much-used phrase ‘later this year’ is still operative,” said Lockhart, a voting Federal Open Market Committee member.
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