Powell: Fed's 2025 Inflation Expectations at 2.5% Don't Contradict Rate-Cut Projections -- Market Talk

Dow Jones2024-12-19

1456 ET - Even if inflation gets down only to 2.5% next year, as the Fed's latest dot plot now suggests, the Fed may still cut rates next year because inflation would be moving in the right direction, Fed Chair Jerome Powell says. "We'd be seeing meaningful progress getting inflation down to that level," if 12-month core PCE inflation ends next year at 2.5%, Powell says, explaining why he believes inflation that remains above the Fed's target may still be compatible with further rate cuts. (matt.grossman@wsj.com; @mattgrossman)

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December 18, 2024 14:56 ET (19:56 GMT)

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