KPMG chief economist SWONK said she expects the Federal Reserve to raise rates in September and would have preferred a hike now. She said inflation has been elevated for five years, not all of it the Fed’s fault, but whether to act is the Fed’s choice, and price gains have been too high for too long and are shifting from abnormal toward the new normal.

2026-07-30

KPMG chief economist SWONK said she expects the Federal Reserve to raise rates in September and would have preferred a hike now. She said inflation has been elevated for five years, not all of it the Fed’s fault, but whether to act is the Fed’s choice, and price gains have been too high for too long and are shifting from abnormal toward the new normal.