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The Fed avoided a recession in 2024. But it couldn't shake inflation.

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The Federal Reserve used elevated interest rates to nudge inflation lower without triggering a US recession.

Unemployment rose, but never got out of control, and the economy remained surprisingly strong.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounded very pleased with the way 2024 turned out.

But inflation remains the No. 1 concern for Powell and his colleagues as 2025 looms is inflation.

President of the Cleveland Fed voted against the last rate cut of the year in December .

Mary Daly , president of the San Francisco Fed , says she sees the Fed ’s recalibration process as "completed" Daly also didn't rule out a rate hike in 2025 .

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