Sentences with phrase «inning of a tightening cycle»

It was pretty tough to dislodge William Poole, but if anyone could win the coveted «FOMC Loose Cannon» award in a single day, it would be Richard Fisher, after suggesting that the FOMC was «clearly in the eighth inning of a tightening cycle, we've been doing 25 basis points per inning, it's been very transparent, and very well projected by the Federal Open Market Committee under the leadership of Chairman Greenspan,» and, «We're in the eighth inning.