Warsh: I see no reason to revisit 2% inflation target until we have delivered

Fed's Chair Warsh: I am appointing a task force in 5 areas. 1. Fed Communications 2. Fed's Balance Sheet 3. Use and reliance on existing data sources 4. Productivity and jobs 5. Fed's inflation frameworks Fed's Chair Warsh: Each independent task force will have the best minds inside and outside the economics profession. Fed's Chair Warsh: I expect to propose changes, including to the summary of projections. Fed's Chair Warsh: The task force on inflation frameworks will examine drivers of inflation.

WARSH: INFLATION WELL AHEAD OF 2% GOAL WARSH: PERSISTENTLY HIGH PRICES A BURDEN Fed's Chair Warsh: The recent past need not be a prologue to inflation. Fed's Chair Warsh: Today's policy statement was shorter and simpler. The statement dispenses with older language. *WARSH: I REFRAINED FROM SUBMITTING PROJECTIONS OF MY OWN

Fed's Chair Warsh: Policymakers don't feel bound by their dots. I did not hear tons of conviction on the projection submissions. Fed's Chair Warsh: I expect by year-end there will be a broad review of communications, press conferences, dots, and meetings. Fed's Chair Warsh: For me, submitting a dot is not helpful in the conduct of policy. Fed's Chair Warsh asked about the future of press conferences: They can be a very useful way of communicating, but I want to have something important to say for pressers.

Warsh: "We've missed on inflation for five years and we're going to fix that" pic.twitter.com/zZXk0NN5zp Fed's Chair Warsh: Most data we consume have old-fashioned survey methods. Fed's Chair Warsh: I would be open-minded if the Fed data task force had recommendations on how to improve official statistics. Private companies are working with real-time information. Fed's Chair Warsh: I am open-minded, there are new analytic techniques, new private sector data, and reforms for official sector data. Fed's Chair Warsh: Markets perform best when reacting to incoming data. Financial markets act less efficiently when they are worried about how the Fed will react to the data.

Fed's Chair Warsh: There is one proposal on the table, very little discussion on it, and no discussion of any other proposals. We had a good family fight on it. Fed's Chair Warsh on Task Forces: We are not outsourcing decisions. Task forces will make recommendations. Fed's Chair Warsh: I am not going to offer commentary on market reaction today. We've given markets a new chapter for the Central Bank.