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The Fed: 'The Time Has Come' to Lower Interest Rates
America's top central banker has unambiguously signaled that lower interest rates are finally on the horizon, marking a crucial milestone for the Federal Reserve's historic -- and, so far, successful -- inflation fight.
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"The time has come for policy to adjust," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in prepared remarks for his keynote speech at an annual gathering of central bankers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
"We will do everything we can to support a strong labor market as we make further progress toward price stability."
The Fed chief also expressed confidence in the US economy's ability to pull off a so-called soft landing, an extremely rare outcome in which inflation is tamed without a sharp rise in unemployment. Such an achievement has only happened once, in the mid-1990s.
"With an appropriate dialing back of policy restraint, there is good reason to think that the economy will get back to 2% inflation while maintaining a strong labor market," he said.
Markets responded positively to Powell's comments, with all three major indexes moving higher Friday."
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-23 12:09 PM | Reply
Banks running banks... the fed is a joke.
#2 | Posted by Brennnn at 2024-08-23 12:20 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1
#2 and what is your plan?
#3 | Posted by ichiro at 2024-08-23 04:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
My plan would be to put proud Pocahontas Liz Warren in charge of the US Treasury Dept.... and get rid of Citizens United.
"The OCC charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks and federal savings associations as well as federal branches and agencies of foreign banks.
The OCC is an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury."
www.occ.treas.gov
#4 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-23 05:05 PM | Reply
Foreigners. How?! Why?!
Oh noes!
Are them dang furriners taking yer jerb again?
You probably should have stayed in school.
#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-24 03:13 PM | Reply
Sen. Lee Introduces Bill to Abolish the Federal Reserve
And said bill has gone nowhere.
#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-08-24 03:57 PM | Reply
Frankly, too little and I fear too late. They were too focused on inflation as the metric. It typically takes about 3 months to see the rate change really impact things. Oh wait - maybe that is the plan. Things won't really be changing for the average person until AFTER the election.
#12 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-08-24 04:06 PM | Reply
#11
The bill is literally just abolish the Fed no structure for a new economic system no empowering the treasury to issue currency nothing but no more fed. If the bill were to pass it would be full on economic chaos with no system in place to deal with the effects.
Basically it's a bill introduced to grandstand with no thought to actually making the system better. So all the folks listed get to say we tried to end the fed without any worry that they might accidently do it.
#13 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2024-08-25 08:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The interest rate needs to reflect what the market can bear. Artificially low rates for far too long contributed to the recent excessive inflation.
#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-08-26 04:44 AM | Reply
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