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Fed's Kashkari:May be acceptable within the close to time period to regulate coverage charge

  • It may be appropriate in the near term to adjust policy rate
  • Economy is slowing.
  • Not clear the impact of tariffs on inflation.
  • The economy has held up well despite the tariffs
  • we have not seen the effects of the tariffs as businesses built their inventory in anticipation.
  • The Fed needs to respond to the slowing economy
  • We won’t know the answer to inflation for a while, meanwhile data on slowing is clear.
  • I can see two rate cuts this year.
  • If inflation does rise because of tariffs, the Fed could pause or even hike.
  • These tariffs affects take a lot longer to be clear. If the data is a slowing, how long can we wait for the tariff effect
  • It might be better to cut and then pause for reverse a cut versus sitting here and waiting.
  • The unemployment number is a very important, but Fed knows provisions are possible

Since the US jobs report

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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