On the recordApril 20, 2025
the Fed’s caution is Trump’s own tariff agenda, which is highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation.
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cnn.comthe Fed’s caution is Trump’s own tariff agenda, which is highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation.
Powell linked Trump's tariff policies to inflation concerns.
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If we're going to do that successfully, we need to do it in a completely nonpolitical way, which means we don't take sides, we don't play one side against the other, we stay out of issues that are really not our bailiwick.
Everyone that I know is forecasting a meaningful increase in inflation in coming months from tariffs.
We’re trying to deliver macro stability, financial stability, economic stability for the benefit of all the people.