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The bond market sold off Thursday when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressed little worry about inflation and provided no indication of policy changes ahead.In an exchange with The Wall Street Journal, the central bank leader acknowledged that an economy recuperating from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic could see some price pressures ahead.But he also dismissed them as mostly “base effects.” In other words, prices in the next couple of months will look high, but only when compared with last year, just as the pandemic was beginning and inflation pressures fell through the floor.In addition to …