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On November 12, 2024, the governor of the federal reserve system Christopher Waller appeared during the annual Clearing House Conference in New York.
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Christopher’s Federal Reserve Governor, Christopher Waller, said he expected the consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs for prices that will be “transitional” that caused the Central Bank during the last inflation.
“I already hear how it is already, that it should be a mistake, given what happened in 2021 and 2022. But only because it has failed once, it does not mean that you should never think about it again,” Waller said in a remark for a political speech in Louis, which compared his view of inflation. “
By posting two scenarios of what duties look, Waller said big and longer rates would lead to wider spike inflation, initially up to 4% to 5% range, which will eventually increase growth and unemployment has increased. In the scenario of the smaller tariff, inflation would receive about 3%and then fall off.
In any case, the Fed’s interest rates will still remain, and the timing is the only question, he said. Larger tariffs can make the growth reduced, while smaller responsibilities can afford “good news”, reducing Waller at the end of this year.
“Yes, I say that I suppose that increased inflation will be temporary and” temporary “is another word for transitional ones,” he said. “Despite the fact that the last splash of inflation, which begins in 2021, lasted longer than me and other politicians initially expected, my best opinion is that higher tariff inflation will be temporary.”
The “temporary” term returns to the inflation spike in 2021, which was fed by officials and many economists who are expected to facilitate, after a chain of supplies and demand factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, normalized.
However, the prices continued to rise, reaching the highest time since the early 1980s and demanding a number of sharp rates. While inflation has retreated back as the Fed began to rise in 2022, it remains above 2% of the target of the central bank. The Fed reduced its benchmark, the speed of borrowing at the full interest point at the end of 2024, but this year did not reduce any further.
Walller, appointed Trump during the first term of the president, used a football analogy to explain his views on “short” inflation. He referred to the famous “play” Philadelphia “mascara, which the team used for a great influence on the situation with the short yard and the gate.
“You are the Philadelphian eagles, and it’s the fourth down and a few centimeters from the gate line. You call for the push but do not turn by running the ball,” he said. “Because it failed the way you expected, does this mean that you don’t have to call the next time when you come across a similar situation? I don’t think it’s not.”
Walller estimated that Trump has one of two tariffs: to preserve the rise and remake the economy, or use them as negotiation tactics. In the first case, he sees a slowdown “to crawl”, and the unemployment rate “significantly rises”. When the tariffs negotiate, he sees that the influence on inflation is “much smaller”.
In the other case, he said that “one of the biggest turmoil that affects the US economy for many decades,” makes it difficult to predict and develop politics. Fed officials will need to “remain flexible” when determining the future path.
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