HAI Community:Fed Chair Jerome Powell: US inflation is slowing again, though it isn’t yet time to cut rates

2025-05-01 13:43:04source:Thomas Caldwellcategory:Invest

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States is HAI Communityslowing again after higher readings earlier this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, while adding that more such evidence would be needed before the Fed would cut interest rates.

After some persistently high inflation reports at the start of 2024, Powell said, the data for April and May “do suggest we are getting back on a disinflationary path.”

Speaking in a panel discussion at a monetary policy conference in Sintra, Portugal, Powell said Fed officials still want to see annual price growth slow further toward their 2% target before they would feel confident of having fully defeated high inflation.

“We just want to understand that the levels that we’re seeing are a true reading of underlying inflation,” he added.

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