Daly says Fed rate hike likely, despite 'painful' tech-stock dive

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Nov 6 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said on ​Friday she feels the US central ‌bank will likely need to raise rates further to bring too-high inflation down, even ​as she acknowledged what she ​called the "painful" but orderly repricing of ⁠technology stocks as investors reassess the ​risks to AI-driven demand growth.

"My expectation ​is, we're going to have to tighten policy further," Daly said on CNBC, though exactly ​when and how much is not ​yet clear. Noting "how volatile the world seems to ‌be ⁠in many ways," she added, "those volatilities are something that you have to take into account, collect more information, ​and be ​deliberate but ⁠more gradual in how you get there when you ​don't know exactly where you're ​going ⁠to need to head. But more is likely to be needed and certainly ⁠we're ​prepared -- I'm prepared -- to do ​that, if that's what the economy calls for."

Reporting ​by Ann Saphir; Editing by Chris Reese

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