Fed Chair Powell: Recent Price Data Bolstering Confidence Inflation Moderating

Don Ma
By Don Ma
July 31, 2024Business Matters
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said recent inflation data is increasing the central bank’s confidence that inflation pressures are moving back to the 2 percent target.

After inflation data moderated in the second quarter, Fed officials have “gained greater confidence” price pressures are moderating in way that will open the door to a rate cut, Powell said in a press conference. NTD speaks to Danielle DiMartino Booth, a Fed insider, for further analysis.