TRANSCRIPT: Fed Chair Powell Says December Rate Cut ‘Not a Foregone Conclusion’
–‘Strongly Differing Views’ About December FOMC WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is a transcript of most of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Wednesday post-FOMC meeting news conference: … Beyond the next year or two, or so; however, most measures of longer-term expectations remain consistent with our 2% inflation goal. For monetary policy actions are guided […]
FOMC STATEMENT: Qtr-Point Cut as Expected; Ends Reduction of Aggregate Securities Holdings Dec 1
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the Federal Open Market Committee’s policy statement released Wednesday: Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remained low through August; more recent indicators are consistent with these developments. Inflation […]