Fed Vice Chair Brainard says it may ‘soon’ be appropriate to move to slower pace of rate hikes

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard indicated Monday that the central bank could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases.
With markets expecting a likely step down in December from the Fed’s rapid pace of rate increases this year, Brainard confirmed that a slowdown if not a stop is looming.
“I think it will probably be appropriate soon to move to a slower pace of rate increases,” she told Bloomberg News in a live interview.
That doesn’t mean the Fed will stop raising rates, but it at least...