The Federal Reserve sounds the rate-hike alarm again! Caught between the heavy pressure of energy inflation and the investment frenzy in AI infrastructure, the "anchor of global asset pricing" still hangs high.

According to Zhitong Finance APP, Boston Fed President Susan Collins, one of the 2028 FOMC voting members, said late Tuesday that she leans toward supporting further interest rate hikes by the Fed within the year, to guard against the heavy pressure of energy costs amid geopolitical turmoil, as well as tariff policies and the AI investment wave that are increasingly entrenching the inflation trend. Her latest views and stance echo the overall monetary policy positions of the Fed's "number three" Williams and Cleveland Fed President Hammack, one of the 2026 FOMC voting members that is, one more Fed rate hike within the year may be appropriate.