News about inflation, Jerome Powell

Takeaways from the Powell presser: -There's a high bar right now for the Fed to cut rates, but there's an even higher bar for the Fed to resume rate hikes -He's still expecting inflation to come down, in large part because of the shelter disinflation everyone has expected

Powell on taking politics into account when setting interest rates: "We just don't do that .... If you go down that road, where do you stop?"

Fed Chair Powell summary today: 1) A rate hike is very unlikely 2) His base case is to cut rates later this year, but it’s not a given 3) No sign of stagflation 4) 3% inflation is not acceptable #Fed #economy pic.twitter.com/s6UwoWoSuz

“I don’t see the stag or the ‘flation” - Fed Chair Powell sees no signs of stagflation He expresses surprise people are talking about it right now with strong growth and inflation at 3% pic.twitter.com/KqqlZOwXFT