FOMC Leaves Funds Rate Unchanged; No Clear Signal When Rate Cuts To Start
– 2024 Rate Cut Projections Stay at Three – to 4.6%; Rate Cuts Trimmed for 2025, 2026 – Powell: FOMC Wants ‘Confirmation’ Inflation Falling After Jan, Feb Data – Powell: FOMC Could Decide To Curb Balance Sheet Run-off “Fairly Soon” By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Not long ago, many were expecting the Federal Reserve […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed Powell’s Post-FOMC News Conference Offers No Surprises … Again
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC meeting news conference Wednesday follows:
FOMC Policy Statement, Dot Plot Hardly Altered in Latest Meeting
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday not only offered no surprises, it hardly changed its policy statement language and “dot plot” expectations from the previous meeting, preserving the hope for perhaps three rate cuts this year but repeating there is still a nagging lack of confidence in the path of inflation. The […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, March 20
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, March 6
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. In-Town PoolWires: […]
Fed’s Logan, Waller Urge Slow, Cautious Approach to Slowing Quantitative Tightening
– Officials Also Continued to Advocate Cautious Approach to Rate Cutting By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – With near unanimity, Federal Reserve officials have taken a cautious, gradual, “risk management” oriented approach to an eventual reduction of short-term interest rates, and Friday some outlined a similar viewpoint on the quantitative side of monetary policy. Neither […]
UPDATE: Fed’s Jefferson, Harker Urge Cautious Approach to Cutting Interest Rates
–Harker Q&A: Does Not See FOMC Cutting Rates as Soon as March, But Maybe in May By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Philip Jefferson said Thursday that the Fed must be “careful” and “nimble” in charting the course of monetary policy in coming months, but gave no hint of when he […]
FOMC Minutes Contain No Hints of Imminent Rate Cuts; Still ‘Highly Attentive’ to Inflation Risk
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The minutes of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting released Wednesday leaned toward high rates for longer, not any imminent rate cuts or, for that matter, any rate hike. While acknowledging progress in disinflation, the FOMC participants remained “highly attentive” to inflation risk, although saying overall risks were coming into better […]
Cleveland Fed’s Mester Sees No Funds Rate Cuts Until ‘Later in The Year’
– Allows For Sooner or Faster Rate Cuts If Needed, But Not Her Base Case By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester warned Tuesday that the Fed could lose its gains against inflation if it were to start cutting interest rates too soon. Advocating a “cautious” and “gradual” approach, she said she does not […]
FOMC Abandons Tightening Bias For Neutral Stance While Holding Rates Steady
– Powell: Unlikely FOMC Would Cut Rates As Soon As March Meeting- FOMC Now Speaks of ‘Any Adjustments’ To Federal Funds Rate – FOMC Advises No Rate Cuts Until Confident Inflation Sustainably On Way to 2% – FOMC: Risks ‘Moving Into Better Balance,’ But Outlook ‘Uncertain’ – FOMC Gives No Sign Ready to Dial Back […]