Fed's Powell: Case for a hike 'clearly strengthened' since early November

Fed's Governor Jerome H. Powell is hitting the wires, via Reuters, stating that the case for a rate hike 'clearly strengthened' since early November

Key headlines (via Reuters):

• Fed, while patient, should avoid hiking rates too slowly
• U.S. economy healthy, job gains solid, inflation rising
• 'Not far' from u.s. inflation, employment goals
• Some price measures have risen recently, important they keep rising
• Economic growth 'clearly strengthened' since h1
• Higher U.S. fiscal spending on public infrastructure may raise private-sector productivity