Fed’s Powell not able to say what Trump insurance policies will do to economic system


By Michael S. Derby

© Reuters. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference where he announced the Fed had cut interest rates by a quarter point following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell mentioned Wednesday it is too quickly to say what President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed financial insurance policies will do to the economic system and the way which may bear on the central financial institution’s coverage selections.

At this level, “it’s very untimely to make any form of conclusions. We don’t know what shall be tariffed, from what nations, for the way lengthy, in what dimension,” Powell mentioned in a press convention following the most recent Federal Open Market Committee assembly. “We have to take our time, not rush” and see what the brand new president delivers, Powell mentioned, amid economists’ expectations that tariffs and deportations favored by Trump are more likely to push inflation increased.

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