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San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly told Axios on Friday that it's not clear whether inflation is definitively receding and there is no "urgency" to adjust interest rates. Why it matters: Inflation cooled for the first time in 2024 last month, relieving economists that progress might not have stalled out. But one month of data has not convinced Fed officials that price pressures are evaporating in a way that puts near-term interest rates back on the table. What they're saying: "Fortunately, policy is in a very good place. We are in what I call the ready position," Daly told Axios at the University of San Francisco. "We can adjust policy as we need to." • Earlier this month, the Fed acknowledged signs that progress on inflation had stalled. That's raised questions about whether decades-high interest rates might need to be pushed up further to wrestle inflation down. post: FED'S DALY: I AM NOT YET CONFIDENT INFLATION COMING DOWN SUSTAINABLY TO 2%. post: FED'S DALY: I EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN SHELTER INFLATION, JUST NOT RAPIDLY.
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post: FED'S MESTER: MONETARY POLICY IS RESTRICTIVE. post: Mester: April CPI Report Was Good News, but Too Soon to Tell What Path Inflation’s on Mester: Inflation Progress Stalled in First Three Months post: FED'S MESTER: RISKS THAT WE'RE TOO RESTRICTIVE HAVE GONE DOWN. post: Mester: Inflation Risks Are Tilted to Upside Mester: I Don’t Think About Potential Rate Cut in Terms of When post: FED'S MESTER: THERE'S NO RISK IN SPENDING MORE TIME GATHERING DATA ON INFLATION BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS STRONG.
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