Fed's Powell: PPI mixed, next move unlikely to be a rate hike
The Federal Reserve Chair does not expect the central bank's next move on interest rates would be an increase. More likely it means that rates would remain where they are, in a range of 5.25% to 5.50%, for longer than previously expected.
: Jerome on Tuesday said the latest report on U.S. was more "mixed" than "hot" given that prior data was revised lower even as the figures for April came in higher than expected."I wouldn't call it hot, I'd call it mixed," Powell said at an event in Amsterdam after the released the Producer Price Index for April.
Asked if the recent run of higher-than-expected might mean that the 's policy rate is not sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to the Fed's , Powell said "time will tell." But he added that he did not expect the central bank's next move on would be an increase. More likely it means that rates would remain where they are, in a range of 5.25% to 5.50%, for longer than previously expected, he said.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
