Fed's Barkin: US Companies Are Not Hiring Or Firing, Maintaining Steady Employment Levels

Fed's Waller: Fed interview process is going well, had a great interview for chair - BBG television Fed's Waller: Cutting rates again is the right thing to do; not much has changed in the past six weeks Fed’s Waller: Can’t Have Strong, Growing Economy And Zero Job Growth - We Can Cut 25Bps, See What Happens, Get Better Idea - Tariff Uncertainty And AI Have Put Firms On Back Foot - CEO’s Reluctant To Hire Fed’s Waller: Financial Markets Are A Puzzle - Theses Aren’t Loose Financial Conditions For Households - Business Investment Concentrated In AI WALLER: MY JOB IS ABOUT THE LABOR MARKET, AND IT'S NOT GOOD

FED'S MIRAN: DO NOT SEE RECESSION AS A RESULT OF RENEWED U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS IF MANUFACTURERS CAN'T GET RARE EARTH MATERIALS IT WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE THE FED SHOULD CUT 50BPS BUT EXPECT IT WILL BE 25BPS Fed's Miran: The uncertainty about the economy that had dissipated is now back because of renewed US China tensions FED MIRAN: TARIFFS MAY YET CAUSE INFLATION BUT DON'T SEE IT YET

Manufacturing activity in the region was mixed, according to the firms responding to the October Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The survey’s index for current general ...