Fed’s Hammack: It is a challenging time for monetary policy

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  • We are being challenged on both sides of our mandate
  • We have pressure in inflation, particularly in services
  • Labour market looks broadly in balance
  • We need to maintain a restrictive stance on policy to get inflation back down to our goal
  • Forecast to remain above inflation target for probably next 1-2 years
  • More difficult to see that tariffs will be a one-time impact
  • Will not get to 2% inflation target until end 2027/early 2028

There’s not much surprise to her comments as she is one of the more hawkish members on the board.

This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.