Price Stability
Search documents
Fed Chair Powell: 'We are well positioned to wait' before considering policy adjustments
CNBC Television· 2025-06-18 20:30
Our obligation is to keep longerterm inflation expectations well anchored and to prevent a one-time increase in the price level from becoming an ongoing inflation problem. As we act to meet that obligation, we will balance our maximum employment and price stability mandates, keeping in mind that without price stability, we cannot achieve the long periods of strong labor market conditions that benefit all Americans. We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual mandate goals are intenti ...
Fed Chair Powell: We are in a good place to respond to significant economic developments
CNBC Television· 2025-06-18 19:22
Um, your friend down at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue continues to lob insults in your direction. And I'm wondering given now that the Supreme Court has maybe carved out the Fed from uh some of the legal implications of that whether this is just noise that the markets and everybody should ignore until your term is up or whether you worry that it could lead to more pressure on confidence on Wall Street on consumers about the uh outlook for the economy. Look I from my standpoint it's it's not complicated.What ever ...