News about Fed

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

The Fed's general intuitions -- not getting overly excited about the disinflation of the second half of 2023, and then also not getting overly excited about the warming in Q1 2024 -- not looking too bad.

#Fed's Powell: Very pleased we haven't seen pain originally projected. pic.twitter.com/kjIerbrAYR