- Top Fed official Thomas Barkin says he is 'open to any outcome' regarding the central bank's conundrum over whether to revert to half-point interest rate rises.
- Barkin's comments echo similar sentiments this week from Fed chair Jay Powell.
- Reports on inflation and spending are due to be released next week.
- The Fed has raised its benchmark rate from near-zero to just below 4.75 per cent, moving in half-point and three-quarter-point increments until shifting down to a more traditional quarter-point pace in February.
- The latest jobs report showed the US economy registering yet another month of robust gains.
Top Fed official signals openness to reverting to half-point rate rise
Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin tells the FT he remains undecided on decision amid persistent inflation
Colby Smith
