Fed, Barkin and inflation

Fed policy may need to stay restrictive for longer due to inflation risk, Barkin says
The U.S. central bank's benchmark policy rate should stay restrictive until it is more certain that inflation is returning to its 2% target, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Friday.
Fed's Barkin sees still-restrictive rates lowering inflation in 2025
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin judged that interest rates remain sufficiently restrictive to further lower inflation in 2025, he said on Friday. “Inflation is not yet back to target,
Barkin Says He Prefers Fed Keep Rates Restrictive for Longer
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin said he believes the central bank’s current level of interest rates remains restrictive enough to lower inflation in 2025.
Fed’s Barkin sees risk that inflation pressures reemerge
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said Friday his outlook for the economy is positive, with continued growth and price-sensitive consumers helping lower inflation. But he quickly added that there is a more risk that inflation pressures pick up rather than subside.
Fed's Barkin: Year-ahead outlook positive, with upside risk
The outlook for the U.S. economy in 2025 is positive with more upside than downside risk to growth despite uncertainty about the impact of trade and other policies that may be pursued by the incoming Trump administration,
Economic Outlook for 2025 Positive But Inflation Risks Persist, Richmond Fed's Barkin Says
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said Friday that his 2025 baseline expectation for the US economy is positive amid strong consumer spending, though there are risks on the inflation front. Last month,
The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge ticked up less than expected last month
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved slightly higher in November — but not as much as economists were ...
Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed's next rate decision
Core inflation -- a closely watched measure that strips out volatile food and energy prices -- increased 3.3% over the year ...
The Fed Is Unlikely To Cut Interest Rates In January Due To Inflation
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25% on December 18 but an interest rate cut is unlikely when the Fed issues its ...
U.S. inflation in 2024: H1 progress, then a sideways trend that made the Fed notice
After being a significant problem in 2022 and then coming into considerable control in 2023, inflation this year settled into ...
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Sped Up in November
The Personal Consumption Expenditures index climbed 2.4 percent from a year earlier, though the report’s details were more ...
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The Fed begins to weigh how Trump policies could fuel inflation
He wouldn’t say who, but he suggested that some Fed officials indicated they believe that Trump’s fiscal policies could ...
USA Today18d
Why the Fed is likely to cut interest rates again despite inflation uptick, solid economy
Some economists say Fed officials could be making a blunder that risks reigniting inflation and undercutting their pledge to rely on the latest data when making rate decisions. “I think a rate ...
Yahoo Finance15d
Jobs, inflation, and the Fed: How they're all related
Meanwhile, an uptick in unemployment can have a silver lining: As inflation slows and jobless numbers increase, the Fed moves to lower interest rates, just as they did following their November ...
Inflation Is Worse for the Young, and Black Families
A December blog post from the Richmond Fed helps explain why inflation continues to fuel angst among consumers even though ...