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Fed’s Daly: more confident inflation is on path to 2%

2024.08.05 18:35

(Reuters) – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Monday said she is “more confident” U.S. inflation is headed toward the Fed’s 2% goal. 

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly poses for a photograph at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S. August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo

“It’s clear inflation is coming down closer to our target. It’s clear that the labor market is slowing and it’s to a point where we have to balance those goals,” Daly said at an event in Hawaii.

And while the Fed has so far left its policy rate unchanged, its recent shift in its communications to acknowledge the risks to its two goals are in balance is in itself a policy adjustment, she said.



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