• Feb 27, 2025

Schmid Says Fed May Need to Balance Growth Concerns, Inflation

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  • Feb 27, 2025

US economic growth slows in fourth quarter

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  • Feb 27, 2025

Rise in US inflation expectations means Fed has to stay on guard, Schmid says

Recent surveys showing a rise in consumer inflation expectations mean the U.S. central bank needs to keep its focus on ensuring price pressures are fully contained, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid said on Thursday, highlighting a growing and potentially troubling issue for policymakers. "The last two months have seen a sharp upward movement in some measures of expected inflation," Schmid said in remarks prepared for delivery at a federal agriculture conference. "Certainly, survey measures of inflation expectations are imperfect and subject to noise, but with inflation just recently at a 40-year high, now is not the time to let down our guard."