By Dan Weil The Federal Reserve is the key to answering that question, he said. The Fed began raising interest rates Wednesday. Inflation is on a rampage, with consumer prices soaring 7.9% in the 12 months through February. The rise in commodity prices stemming from the Russia/Ukraine war may well push that number even higher. That is forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Its first rate increase came Wednesday, and the median forecast of Fed officials indicates they will lift rates another six times this year. Some experts think that kind of tightening risks a recession by depre…