-
"The Fed is going to need great skill and also some good luck to achieve what we sometimes call a soft landing," Yellen said.
September 12 -
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he favors "another significant" increase in interest rates when the central bank meets later this month, signaling his backing for a 75 basis-point move.
September 9 -
"I think that we've got a good plan in place. We could very well do 75 in September," he said.
September 8 -
"We need to act now, forthrightly, strongly as we have been doing," Powell said Thursday in remarks at the Cato Institute's monetary policy conference.
September 8 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester also reiterated that she does not expect the Fed to cut rates next year, noting that policy makers need to keep inflation expectations from becoming unanchored.
September 7 -
The Federal Reserve needs to raise its benchmark rate above 4% by early next year and leave it there for some time to help cool inflation, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester reiterated on Wednesday.
August 31 -
Federal Reserve officials, picking up where they left off over the weekend in Jackson Hole, stressed their commitment to defeating inflation while remaining vague on how big their policy move will be next month.
August 30 -
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will remain aggressive in fighting inflation despite promising economic data.
August 26 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said U.S. inflation is very high and the central bank must act to bring it back under control.
August 24 -
Directors at two of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional branches favored a 100-basis-point increase in the discount rate in July, minutes of discount-rate meetings show.
August 23