20-02-2016 00:41 via news.yahoo.com

Focus sharpens on Fed after hot inflation data

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - With next week's calendar full of economic data releases and speeches by economic policymakers, investors have been poised to watch the Federal Reserve for clues about the U.S. central bank's next move, but an unexpectedly hot reading on inflation on Friday will further sharpen that focus. After coming into 2016 with an expectation of three or four interest rate hikes through the year, market participants recently were viewing the Fed as likely raising inte
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