There have been some doubts from some Fed officials as to whether policy is restrictive enough, and given things have been otherwise rather quiet, these doubts along with a healthy upward revision to the Atlanta Fed GDP model have forced some reconsideration of Fed bets, albeit mild, back in the hawkish direction.

 

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