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Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller backs further rate cuts but urges caution

Chris Waller, a Fed governor and leading candidate to replace Jay Powell as Fed chair next year, gave a clear indication that he would vote for lower rates at the US central bank’s meetings in late October. Waller said in New York on Thursday that he supported “continued easing of monetary policy from its current setting”.

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Powell says no 'risk-free' path as Fed weighs rate cut amid shutdown

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Powell Signals Fed Is on Track to Keep Cutting Rates

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US Fed chair flags concern about sharp slowdown in job creation

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that risks to employment had risen in recent months, noting there had been a sharp slowdown of job creation in the world's leading economy.

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Powell says U.S. job market hasn’t gotten worse since shutdown of government

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With inflation and jobs in ‘tension,’ Powell warns of the Fed’s tightrope on interest rates

Waller calls for October cut and then caution as he competes for Fed chair post

Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller said Thursday he is in favor of trimming interest rates by another quarter percentage point at the end of the month, but after that he wants to move cautiously.

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Exclusive: Fed's Miran says he is not focused on asset price boom in push for lower rates

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Thursday said he was not concerned that easing monetary policy risks further inflating historically -- and in some cases record-high -- asset prices.

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Trump says inflation is ‘defeated’ and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

Trump told the United Nations General Assembly late last month: “Grocery prices are down, mortgage rates are down, and inflation has been defeated.”

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Federal Reserve Chair Powell Signals End to Quantitative Tightening in Months

Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve System, hinted on the 14th (local time) that quantitative tightening (QT)—the reduction of the Fed’s balance sheet—could end within the coming months. Quantitative tightening is a measure to absorb liquidity from the market by either selling bonds held by the Fed or not reinvesting them after maturity.