Powell: Factors contributing to inflation decline are happening but later than expected

Fed Powell on the slow decline in inflation:

  • Factors contributing to inflation decline are happening but much later and all taking longer than we had hoped
  • Service sector much less responsive to rate hikes and cost of capital
  • We never use the word pause and wouldn’t use that here today. We agreed to maintain that rate at that meeting
  • A big majority believes in raising rates twice this year

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com. Source