Here are the key points that the market will focus on in the coming week: Monday at 20:30, 2025 FOMC voting committee and Chicago Federal Reserve President Goolsbee gave an interview to CNBC. On Tuesday at 21:00, Federal Reserve Vice Chairperson Jefferson addressed the Economic Mobility Summit. On Tuesday at 22:00, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde gave an interview to CNBC. On Tuesday at 21:30, the 2026 FOMC voting committee and Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Harker addr...
According to Reuters, Powell has said that U.S. law does not allow the president to remove him from office, and he will not resign voluntarily even if Trump asks for it, and plans to serve a full term as Federal Reserve chairperson until May 2026. In addition, Mr. Powell, who will serve until January 2028 as a member of the Fed's board of governors, also said this week that he thought it was unlikely that the cases currently before the US Supreme Court would apply to the Fed.
The Federal Reserve is being forced to adopt a neutral stance, and there may be no opportunity to cut interest rates at all in the future... Click to view...
Federal Reserve Governor Robert Kugler: PCE inflation is expected to be 2.4% in January, and core PCE inflation is expected to be 2.6%; there is still some distance from the 2% target.
Federal Reserve Governor Robert Kugler: PCE inflation is expected to be 2.4% in January, and core PCE inflation is expected to be 2.6%; there is still some distance from the 2% target.
Federal Reserve Governor Robert Kugler believes that the Federal Reserve should maintain policy rates unchanged for a period of time.
The Federal Reserve's Bostic: We still expect two rate cuts this year, but there is a lot of uncertainty.
Mr. Bostic said the Fed was expected to cut interest rates twice this year. A lot could happen in the future that could lead to more or less rate cuts. The base rate is currently in a moderate tightening state, compared with the neutral rate of 3% -3.5%. The slowdown is a major concern because of the upcoming policy changes, but businesses expect 2025 to be a solid year, and so far the economy has shown resilience.
On February 20th, the price of gold hit another record high in early European trading on Thursday and confirmed that it broke through the short-term trading range. US President Donald Trump's latest threat to impose tariffs on imports has dampened investor appetite for risk assets and continued to support demand for safe-haven gold. The global pursuit of safe assets has led to a decline in US Treasury yields, which in turn has put some downward pressure on the dollar, further supporting gold pri...
Federal Reserve Goolsby: Once inflation falls, interest rates can fall further. (Golden Ten)
The Federal Reserve's Bostic said confidence in the economic outlook for 2025 has decreased. It is difficult to take into account all potential policy changes in the economic outlook; inflation progress is not expected to show a straight line. The Federal Reserve did not cut interest rates significantly last year, and policy remains binding; satisfied with pausing interest rate cuts to observe economic development. The Federal Reserve is approaching the threshold level of its balance sheet, and ...
Federal Reserve meeting notes: All participants considered it appropriate to keep the target rate unchanged.
The Fed wants to see "further progress on inflation" before deciding to cut interest rates again, according to meeting notes. Citing rising inflationary pressures, the Fed stabilised interest rates at a range of 4.25-4.5 per cent at its last meeting, and markets do not expect a rate cut at the March meeting. According to meeting notes, the committee agreed that "the Fed has sufficient time...
Fed policymakers said at a meeting about a week after Trump's inauguration on January 20 that Trump's initial policy recommendations had raised concerns at the Fed about rising inflation. According to published meeting notes, participants "generally pointed to upside risks to the inflation outlook" rather than risks to the job market. "Participants specifically mentioned...
Federal Reserve Governor Barr said that generative artificial intelligence has significantly increased the productivity of various knowledge-based activities, allowing even people without programming skills to use it effectively.