Thank you for having me today.1 It’s great to be with all of you and I am honored to join my fellow panelists. January is a good time to take stock and to think about what lies ahead. I’d like to provide an overview of how I see economic developments in the U.S. and some of the themes that I think will be important for monetary policy this year. Before I get into my remarks, please note that I am speaking just for myself and these are my views and not necessarily those of my Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) colleagues. Let me start with inflation. If I had to pick a theme for inflation for 2026 it would be ... (full story)