Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growth – Fed chief
The Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth, and the Federal Reserve will focus on keeping price increases temporary, Fed chairman Jerome Powell has said.
Mr Powell said in written remarks that the tariffs, and their impact on the economy and inflation, are “significantly larger than expected ”.
He also said that the import taxes are “highly likely ” to lead to “at least a temporary rise in inflation ”, but added that “it is also possible that the effects could be more persistent ”.
“Our obligation is to… make certain that a one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem, ” Mr Powell said in remarks being delivered in Arlington, Вирджиния.
Фокусът на г -н Пауъл върху инфлацията подсказва, че Фед евентуално ще резервира лихвения си % от към 4,3% през идващите месеци.
Това евентуално ще разочарова вложителите на Уолстрий, които в този момент...
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