In her congressional testimony last week, Chair Janet Yellen appeared to lay the groundwork for the Fed to begin raising rates in June. Yes, the exact timing is still data dependent. But assuming we are right, and the unemployment rate continues to trend lower while wage growth shows more signs of accelerating, then there would be no reason to delay for any longer than that.
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