September 30, 2024 at 06:55PM
The title of the speech is “Finding Harmony in the Noise: Transitioning to a New Normal”. These are his first comments since the Sept 18 FOMC press conference.
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Risks are two-sided, decisions will come meeting by meeting
We do not need to see further cooling in the labor market to achieve target
Economy is in solid shape, we intend to use our tools to keep it there
Labor market conditions are solid, labor market roughly in balance
Colleagues and I have greater confidence inflation is on a sustainable path to 2%
Disinflation is broad based; recent data indicate further progress toward sustained return to 2%
Housing services inflation will continue to decline as long as growth rate in rents for new tenants remains low
50 bps cut reflects growing confidence that appropriate policy re calibration can maintain labor market strength
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These comments are very similar to what he said at the press conference. He will take questions afterwards.
This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.
