The Fed Can Chew Gum and Walk at the Same Time

Underlying U.S. consumer prices rose in February by the most in five months. Officials are weighing still rapid inflation against the banking turmoil that we've seen of late. Bank regulators are examining stock sales and trades made by officers of the failed S. V. B. Prosecutors from the US Justice Department's fraud unit along with the US Attorney's Office out of San Francisco have launched an investigation into Silicon Valley bank collapse.