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Fed Chair Warsh signals potential rate hike amid persistent inflation

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh indicated that the central bank may need to raise interest rates if inflation does not show clear and consistent progress toward the 2% target. In his first major speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, Warsh acknowledged that current financial conditions do not appear restrictive enough to curb price pressures. While not signaling an imminent hike, his remarks suggested that existing rates might be insufficient to combat stubbornly high inflation, which remains above the Fed's objective. AI

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Fed Chair Warsh signals potential rate hike amid persistent inflation

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Warsh says US Fed has ‘work to do’ if above-target inflation lingers

    The US central bank will “have work to do” if policymakers are not confident that underlying inflation is returning to its 2 per cent target, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said on Friday in remarks that acknowledged financial conditions do not appear restrictive and marked…

  2. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press ·

    ‘We have work to do’: Fed Reserve Chair Warsh suggests rate hike in coming months amid high inflation

    Warsh says recent reports on inflation coming down does not tell him "underlying trends have meaningfully improved."

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