Atlanta Fed’s Bostic Urges ‘Patience’ On Lowering Interest Rates
– Time of Great Uncertainty ‘No Time for Significant Shifts in Monetary Policy’ – Labor Market ‘Broadly Healthy’ But Deterioration Could Change Policy Prescription By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic called Thursday for “patience” in considering reductions in interest rates. Bostic, who has previously projected just a single […]
Fed’s Powell Allows For Rate Cuts ‘Sooner Rather Than Later” – If Inflation Behaves
– Repeats FOMC Can Afford to Wait and Be Careful Amid Great Uncertainty – Says FOMC Must Be ‘Careful”; Doesn’t Need To Be ‘In Any Rush’ By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his belief that the Fed can afford to wait for more evidence on inflation and labor market […]
FOMC Holds Funds Rate Steady; Projects Two Rate Cuts in 2025; Fewer After 2025
– Powell: Fed ‘Well-positioned’ To Await Data on Tariff Inflation Impact By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Despite heavy pressure from President Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve left them unchanged Wednesday, as expected, and Fed officials gave Trump little encouragement for future rate cuts in the near term. Participants of the Fed’s […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed’s Powell Q&A – Expect Higher Inflation Ahead But Don’t Know How Much, How Long
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is a transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC news conference: Inflation has come down a great deal, but has been running somewhat above our 2% longer-run objective. In support of our goals, today the open market committee decided to leave our policy interest rate unchanged. We believe that […]
FOMC: MINIMAL CHANGE IN OUTLOOK; STILL SEE TWO RATE CUTS THIS YEAR BUT SOMEWHAT LESS SO
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday made only minuscule adjustments to its outlook, still anticipating two rate cuts this year with slightly less enthusiasm. The Fed;s “dot plot” had seven participants seeing no rate moves this year while eight saw two rate cuts. Another two saw one rate cut. The FOMC’s economic […]
Fed Officials Still Pursuing Monetary Policy ‘Patience’ in Face of Trade Uncertainty
– Some Talk of Eventual Rate Cuts; Others More Reticent By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve officials have continued this week to express caution about changing monetary policy from the “moderately restrictive” stance it has been in since the Fed completed 100 basis points worth of short-term interest rate cuts in December. President […]
Fed Officials Still Hopeful About Economy, In No Rush to Cut Interest Rates
– Divergent Views Have Emerged But for Now Officials United on Need For Patience By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – As the Federal Reserve approached its mid-year monetary policy meeting, Fed officials have given few signs this week that they are prepared to change their “moderately restrictive” interest rate settings any time soon. While officials […]
Fed Officials Continue to Push Off Rate Cuts As They Await ‘Clarity’
– Musalem, Others See No Rush to Change Monetary Policy By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve officials have continued this week to speak in a patient, cautious vein, strongly suggesting they see no need to rush to ease monetary policy in a climate of heightened uncertainty. Fed officials have largely echoed Fed Chair […]
FOMC Holds Funds Rate Steady as Powell Sees ‘No Hurry’ To Ease Policy
– Sees Risks Up for Both Higher Unemployment And Higher Inflation – Powell Says FOMC May Have to Make Tough Policy Choice but No Need Now By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Facing heightened uncertainty about how the Trump administration’s trade and other policies will affect the economy, Federal Reserve policymakers once again marked time […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed’s Powell Says Wait and See Effects of Tariffs on Inflation, Unemployment
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Wednesday said in several different ways the Fed has to wait and see whatever effects on inflation and unemployment come from whatever the ultimate tariff rates are imposed on China and other countries – and beyond that, he said very little more. A transcript of the post-FOMC […]