- It will soon be time to recalibrate policy to better match our economy.
- Both mandates are in tensions now.
- Tariffs are pushing inflation higher and the labour market is slowing.
- I think tariff-relates price increases will be a one-off.
- It will take time before we know that for certain but we can’t wait for perfect certainty without risking harm to the labour market.
It’s funny how they avoid using the word “transitory”. Anyway, Fed’s Daly is just repeating that she expects the tariff-driven inflation to be short-lived and therefore favours lowering interest rates to help the labour market which in her view is slowing.
It looks like a September cut is a done deal no matter what. It might eventually be just a one and done, but they really want to cut in September and then see what happens with the data.
If they cut into strength, it could be another policy mistake…
This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.