11.   Analysts predicted the Fed will change its current stance that is tilted toward higher interest rates because inflation poses the greatest risk to the economy.

12.   But the Federal Reserve warned on Wednesday that inflation still poses a risk to the economy.

13.   One of the reasons the Fed has been able to act so aggressively is because inflation has not posed a risk to the economy.

14.   Stocks turned mixed today after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates a modest quarter-percentage point and said that inflation poses a threat to the booming U.S. economy.

15.   Inflation does not pose a danger to lower interest rates, according to McDonough.

16.   But analysts such as Gary Ciminero of the Independent Economic Adviser group have warned that inflation still poses a risk.