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Waller: Cut or Skip?
Thank you, Lydia, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I thought I might use my time with you to address the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) ongoing effort to return inflation to our 2 percent target while keeping the labor market and the economy strong. After significant progress in reducing inflation and evident moderation in the labor market, in September the Committee judged that the time had come to begin easing monetary policy toward a more neutral setting to limit the risk of unduly weakening the labor market as progress continues toward 2 percent inflation. After reducing the policy ... (full story)
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Fed’s Waller Says Leaning Towards Rate Cut In December, Absent Data Surprisehttps://t.co/iyPgiSmydc
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) December 2, 2024
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Waller: “At present, I lean toward supporting a cut to the policy rate at our December meeting.”
— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) December 2, 2024
Because of recent inflation stickiness, “one could argue that there is a case for skipping a rate cut at the next meeting.”
But … “policy is still restrictive enough that an…
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FED'S WALLER: I AM LESS PLEASED ABOUT UPTICK IN INFLATION, BUT DON'T WANT TO OVERREACT.
— FinancialJuice (@financialjuice) December 2, 2024
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FED'S WALLER/AIER: DON'T KNOW IF INFLATION UPTICK WILL PERSIST AND LABOR DATA 'CLOUDY' SO DATA COULD ARGUE AGAINST A DEC CUT #Waller #FederalReserve
— Mace News (@MaceNewsMacro) December 2, 2024
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