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Kevin Warsh speech could offer clues on whether Fed will raise interest rates this month

DEVELOPING: Multiple people killed in school shooting in Bend, Oregon, sources say. Follow live updates.

When Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh strides onstage in Bangkok on Friday morning, it will be after 11 p.m. on Thursday in New York. But investors, economists and politicians in the United States will be awake and hanging on his every word.

Any speech by a Fed chair is closely scrutinized. This week’s talk has an extra dose of urgency, though, after two government reports showed inflation heating up for consumers and businesses — spurring speculation about how soon the Fed will raise interest rates to handle soaring prices.

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