They want to wait to make sure that they won't make a mistake, and by the time they do that ... Powell has his own particular history of being late, with the Fed reluctant to hike when inflation ...

That being said ... quotes that really show how hard data-dependent the Fed is, and how little they are relying on surveys and sentiment data. Three different times during the presser, Powell ...

But he also repeated that its main job is to ensure that a one-time ... (Fed) did not acknowledge slowing in the economy. They described activity as ’solid’ despite low headline GDP being ...

The chaotic way these higher import taxes are being rolled out makes it tough ... The financial markets had been hoping the Fed would cut rates a few times in 2025, and the Fed had penciled ...

They want to wait to make sure that they won't make a mistake, and by the time they do that ... Powell has his own particular history of being late, with the Fed reluctant to hike when inflation ...