what has kevin warsh said about interest rates?
Warsh, who has been noncommittal on the near-term path of interest rates, said central bank officials have “no tolerance for persistently elevated inflation.” He said the Fed has a “resolute commitment to restoring price stability” and said getting inflation under control is its foremost objective.
will the federal reserve cut interest rates this year?
Likely not. In the FOMC’s June meeting, officials expected no changes to interest rates until a cut in Q2 2027. Bank of America analysts wrote in a note earlier this week that they expect three quarter-point rate hikes this year, potentially raising interest rates to between 4.25% and 4.5%, citing rising oil prices that have pushed inflation to multiyear highs.
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key background
Federal Reserve officials have cited rising inflation amid the Iran war as a reason to keep interest rates unchanged in recent months. The central bank’s preferred inflation reading, core consumption expenditures index data, rose at its fastest rate in nearly three years in May, matching similarly high consumption price index data. Inflation briefly cooled in June during a brief peace deal between Iran and the U.S. that resulted in lower oil prices and the largest month-to-month decline in consumer prices since April 2020. Warsh, in prepared remarks to Congress earlier this year, pledged the central bank would “get monetary policy right” and said, “the inflation surge of the last five years will be a thing of the past.”
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further reading
ForbesFed Minutes Signal No Interest Rate Cuts Until 2027—As Renewed Iran Conflict Spikes Rate Hike OddsBy Ty Roush