Fed Chair Kevin Warsh avoids signaling next rate move, says inflation is still too high
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Fed officials (Warsh, Goolsbee, Hammack) reiterated inflation remains too high and highlighted oil-driven energy and transport costs, reinforcing expectations of higher-for-longer policy and potential further tightening. This raises real-rate and liquidity headwinds for risk assets while providing near-term support to crude via the inflation-energy feedback loop, especially as Iran-related supply risk has recently lifted oil prices.
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● High
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Federal Reserve officials including Kevin Warsh, Austan Goolsbee and Beth Hammack said in public remarks tied to an ECB forum and interviews that inflation remains too high, pointing to higher oil prices from the recent Iran conflict as a key driver and suggesting rates could rise further. Fresh inflation data showed transportation and energy costs continuing to weigh on prices, while services inflation has improved slightly but remains well above the Fed’s 2% goal. The comments reinforced expectations that the Fed will keep rates high and could tighten again. That outlook has provided direct support for commodities, especially crude oil.
