Fed's Powell: Don't expect a soft landing victory lap
The soft landing, it appears, will not be televised.
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The soft landing, it appears, will not be televised.
The Federal Reserve's upcoming decisions about the ultimate size of its balance sheet has no bearing on the central bank's inflation fight or changes to its
The move by major central banks to reduce their asset holdings, begun in 2022 as part of their inflation fight, has had only a modest impact on interest rates
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said on Thursday he remained "cautiously optimistic" about the U.S. central bank's progress in bringing inflation
Hotter-than-expected inflation in January shows that the U.S.'s path back to 2% inflation "may be a bumpy one," Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr
As they navigated the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic Federal Reserve officials had a steady progression of descriptions for inflation, first saying it
The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, with officials parsing evidence of slowing inflation alongside continued labor
In economic projections issued after their December meeting U.S.
It took a stock market crash, a housing crash and a pandemic to kill the last three U.S. economic expansions.
There is no current "urgency" for the Federal Reserve to reduce U.S. interest rates given the strength of the economy and the need to be sure that inflation
The Federal Reserve can begin reducing interest rates "sometime in the third quarter" of 2024 if inflation falls as expected, Atlanta Fed President Raphael
After their meeting five weeks ago, U.S.
The October jobs report likely was a relief to Federal Reserve officials who hope the U.S. economy can edge down softly from a period of high inflation and
Uncertainty around the path of the U.S. economy, including difficulties estimating the state of financial markets, potential oil price shocks, and the impact
The steady rise in long-term U.S.
Nearly a third of company financial officers say that risks around the Nov.
In 2022, when the Federal Reserve's focus shifted to combating inflation, it had to ratchet up interest rates fast to get monetary policy caught up
Brazil's central bank chief said on Saturday that discussing monetary policy transmission will become increasingly difficult without addressing
Federal Reserve officials gathering at the annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week can take some satisfaction that the U.S.
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at a two-day policy meeting this week but open the door to interest rate cuts as soon as
Inflation is nearing the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and the central bank is expected to begin cutting interest rates as soon as September.
In September 2021, after absorbing three months of price hikes that were more than double the Federal Reserve's 2% target, U.S. central bank staff and
Investors have locked onto the U.S. central bank's Sept. 17-18 meeting for the start of interest rate cuts that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said