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Waller: Cutting Rates in the Face of Conflicting Data
Thank you, Tom, and thank you to the Council on Foreign Relations for the opportunity to speak to you today. Since the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) last meeting on September 16 and 17, economic data have tended to support my view of a labor market that is softening and inflation—absent temporary tariff effects—that is running fairly close to the FOMC's 2 percent target. Based on what I know today, I support continued easing of monetary policy from its current setting, which I judge is moderately restricting aggregate demand and economic activity. But I also see a conflict right now between data showing ... (full story)
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FED'S WALLER BACKS OCTOBER RATE CUT IN THURSDAY SPEECH IN NEW YORK
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 16, 2025
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FED'S WALLER: GOVT FREEZE COULD LOWER 4Q GDP 'SEVERAL TENTHS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT'
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 16, 2025
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FED’S WALLER: IF JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO WEAKEN, FED SHOULD CUT TOWARD NEUTRAL RATE || NEUTRAL INTEREST RATE IS ABOUT 100 TO 125 BASIS POINTS LOWER THAN CURRENT FED FUNDS RATE
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) October 16, 2025
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Fed's Waller: Rate outlook post-October hinges on labor market data
— Byul (@byul_finance) October 16, 2025
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