The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for China Declined Again in August

FED'S GOOLSBEE: JOB MARKET SEEMS TO BE COOLING, INFLATION IS GOING UP Fed's Goolsbee: Rates can go down a fair bit more if inflation heads toward 2%, but I'm wary of frontloading rate cuts. FED'S GOOLSBEE: RATES CAN DROP FURTHER IF STAGFLATION RISK FADES CHI FED'S GOOLSBEE Q&A/CRAIN'S: HAVING INFLATION GOAL AT 2% 'SUPER IMPORTANT;' DON'T CONSIDER CHANGING WHILE HAVEN'T REACHED CURRENT TARGET #Goolsbee #FederalReserve #economy GOOLSBEE: IF SITTING GOVT CAN TELL CENTRAL BANK WHAT TO DO WITH RATES, INFLATION GOES UP CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR FED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT

The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following international trade, wholesale inventories, and retail inventories advance statistics for August 2025. The international trade ...

Thank you for the invitation to join you this morning. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you, and I look forward to our discussion. I will spend most of my time speaking about the Fed’s role as a supervisor and regulator of the nation’s banking system, but with the recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting attracting much attention, I will first offer a few words on last week’s monetary policy decision and my thoughts on the outlook for policy going forward. As I am sure you are all aware, the FOMC lowered its target policy rate by 25 basis points last week. I supported this decision. Let me explain my thinking. In setting policy, I, like other members of the FOMC, am guided by the Fed’s congressionally determined dual mandate of price stability and full employment. Currently, we are close to meeting this mandate, and as close as we have been for some time. Inflation is running around 2½ percent, which is above but near the Fed’s 2 percent definition of price stability. Looking through the effects of declining energy prices, inflation has been closer to 3 percent. The unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percen *SCHMID: INFLATION REMAINS TOO HIGH, LABOR MKT. STILL IN BALANCE *FED'S SCHMID SAYS LABOR MARKET SHOWED RISK OF ABRUPT WEAKENING *SCHMID: QUARTER-POINT CUT WAS REASONABLE RISK-MANAGEMENT MOVE Fed's Schmid: Fed policy is slightly restrictive; which is the right place to be. Fed's Schmid: Going forward will be data-dependent on monetary policy choices