Fed Nominee Miran: Inflation seems benign; Does not comment on rate policy

Fed's Goolsbee: US inflation picture has been mixed. FED'S GOOLSBEE: STILL NEED ANOTHER INFLATION REPORT TO FIGURE OUT IF STILL ON GOLDEN PATH LET'S NOT OVERREACT TO ONE MONTH OF PPI, CPI, IMPORT PRICES, BUT AN AREA OF CONCERN Fed's Goolsbee: Need To Figure Out What Part Of Price Increases To Ignore, Which To Respond To - Don't Need To Hold Rates Forever - If Keep Getting Inflation Reports Like We Had Earlier, Totally Fine To Bring Rates To Where They Will Settle Federal Reserve's Goolsbee Says If There Is Any Sign by September or Later That Inflation Is Not Spiraling, They Can Lower Interest Rates

Fed's Barkin: Business sentiment has picked up in some ways, but not yet on the hiring side. Fed's Barkin: Credit card and other data is providing a sense that July consumer data may be stronger. Fed’s Barkin: Unemployment Rate Has Been Remarkably Stable, With Slowing Growth In Job Gains Matched By Slowing Growth In Labour Force - Original Jobs Data ‘More Surprising’ Than Revisions

Wall Street veteran David Zervos added his name Thursday to the list of potential Federal Reserve chairs who think the central bank is past due in approving an interest rate reduction. The chief market strategist at Jefferies told CNBC that central bankers shouldn’t be daunted by the July producer price index showing pipeline inflation pressures hotter than ...