Last week, America approached self-restraint the way Joey Chestnut approaches a hot dog. Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve was one of the judges. Stronger-than-expected retail sales, low jobless claims, and a renewed uptick in import prices reinforced the case for the Fed’s 25-basis-point rate increase, even as manufacturing activity softened.
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