Fed's Kashkari: Tariffs still a question mark for policy
|Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari added his voice to cautionary tones from various Fed officials on Tuesday. Kashkari reaffirmed the Fed's wait-and-see stance on potential tariff impacts on inflation and the broader economy in general before making any hard decisions on moving interest rates.
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I'm hearing from businesses, strong fundamentals and nervousness about tariffs.
Tariffs have introduced a complexity.
We're still above 2% inflation target, but have made a lot of progress.
The Fed is in wait-and-see mode to get more clarity on tariff effect on inflation.
I want to get a better sense of what's really going on before we make policy change.
Tariffs still a question mark for policy.
I don't know if dollar exceptionalism will change, and I don't know when a lot of debt becomes too much.
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