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Fed's Waller Praises Independence, Dissent of Fed Officials
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9:57Now PlayingBloomberg Tom Keene breaks down his conversation with Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller, the latest prominent member to voice his public opinion on the Fed's path forward. The recent slate of officials freely revealing their stance is a good thing, said Waller.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said officials can keep lowering interest rates in quarter-percentage-point increments to support a faltering labor market, while Stephen Miran continued to advocate a larger reduction.
“You don’t want to make a mistake, so the way to avoid that is to go cautiously or carefully and do 25, wait and see what happens, and then you can get a better idea of what to do,” Waller said Thursday during an interview on Bloomberg Television.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled earlier this week that officials are on track to lower borrowing costs by a quarter point when they meet at the end of this month. It would be the second rate reduction of the year as officials react to a sharp slowdown in job growth. However, several policymakers have emphasized the need to remain on guard against inflation, which is still running above the Fed’s 2% target.
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