Fed’s Barkin: Strong US jobs report keeps focus on inflation fight
By Howard Schneider LINTHICUM, Md. (Reuters) -Continued strong U.S. job growth and a low unemployment rate shows the Federal Reserve is not yet at the …
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Fed’s Barkin says there is ‘a lot of time’ to decide next policy step
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said Friday that softer jobs data is moving in …
Fed’s Barkin: can’t rely on tightening from long-term rates
(Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve Bank chief Thomas Barkin on Tuesday said that higher long-term borrowing costs are putting downward pressure on demand but it’s …
Fed’s Barkin: Fed has time to see data before making next rate move call
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Tuesday that the U.S. central bank still …
Fed’s Barkin says more data needed before making next monetary policy call
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Thursday that the central bank’s decision to …
Fed’s Barkin says it’s too soon to say if another hike needed -Bloomberg TV
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Thursday that it is not yet clear …
Strong US data makes ‘reacceleration scenario’ possible, Fed’s Barkin says
By Howard Schneider DANVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve must be open to the possibility that the economy will begin to reaccelerate rather than …
Fed’s Barkin: Inflation still too high, hopes recent data is ‘a sign’
(Reuters) – U.S. inflation remains too high, although recent readings showing price pressures have eased notably were welcome, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said …
Fed’s Barkin says “comfortable doing more” if inflation does not fall
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve president Thomas Barkin said Friday he is comfortable with further interest rate increases if coming data …
Fed’s Barkin: ‘Comfortable’ with more hikes if needed – Bloomberg TV
(Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin on Tuesday he likes the “optionality” implied in the central bank’s latest policy statement, but he is …
Fed’s Barkin says case for rate increase was ‘pretty clear’
(Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said on Friday that he did not have second thoughts about the U.S. central bank’s decision …
Fed’s Barkin says he could see rates at 5.5%-5.75%
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said on Friday that he could envision a scenario where the central bank …
Fed’s Barkin says he doesn’t see case for a rate pause now
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said on Friday that he does not understand the case for pausing interest …
Fed’s Barkin calls for deliberate rate hikes to fight ‘exhausting’ inflation
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – The U.S. central bank will need further, deliberate interest rate hikes to bring inflation back down to its 2% goal, …
Fed’s Barkin: Labor shortages may persist
ROSSLYN, Va (Reuters) – The labor shortages bedeviling U.S. businesses are unlikely to be resolved quickly or easily, Richmond Federal Reserve bank president Thomas Barkin …
Fed’s foot ‘unequivocally’ on brake, sensible to move slower, Barkin says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tight monetary policy is “unequivocally” slowing the U.S. economy, allowing the Federal Reserve to move “more deliberately” with any further interest rate …
Barkin: Terminal rate for Fed depends on path of inflation -Fox Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The stopping point for Federal Reserve interest rate increases will depend on the path of inflation, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom …
Fed’s more gradual rate hike path should limit economic harm, Barkin says
By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s move to smaller interest rate hike increments will help limit damage to the economy as the U.S. …
Fed’s Barkin: labor supply likely will remain constrained
(Reuters) – The United States is likely in a sustained period in which there will remain a shortage of workers, complicating the Federal Reserve’s aim …
Fed’s Barkin sees slower rate hikes, for longer, maybe higher
(Reuters) – Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin on Monday said he supports moving to smaller interest-rate hikes in the central bank’s fight to …
Permanent shifts in inflation could mean more volatile policy – Fed’s Barkin
By Howard Schneider ATLANTA (Reuters) – Changes in global supply chains, demographic shifts, and fractured trade relationships may make inflation in the future more volatile, …
Barkin: Risk of inflation ‘festering’ worse than of Fed overdoing rate increases
WOODBRIDGE, Va. (Reuters) – “Festering” inflation remains a bigger threat to the economy than the risks of Federal Reserve rate hikes going too far and …
Barkin: “promising signs” on inflation but progress won’t be immediate
By Howard Schneider WOODBRIDGE, Va. (Reuters) – There are “promising signs” inflation pressures have begun to ease though it may take time be seen in …
Fed’s Barkin warns rates must stay high until inflation eases- FT
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve must lift interest rates to a level that restrains economic activity and keep them there until policymakers are “convinced” …
Fed’s Barkin: no need for possible U.S. recession to be ‘calamitous’
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s commitment to raising interest rates in order to bring inflation back down to its 2% goal will not necessarily …
Fed committed to getting inflation to 2% target, Barkin says
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is committed to getting inflation under control and returning it to the U.S. central bank’s 2% target, Richmond Fed President …
Fed’s Barkin says central bank can tweak path once its gets to neutral rate
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve can assess how much more it needs to do to bring inflation back down to its 2% goal when …
Fed’s Barkin says interest rates should be moved rapidly to neutral
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve should quickly get interest rates up to a level where borrowing costs will no longer be stimulating the economy, …
Barkin: Fed has time to reach a more neutral rate given ongoing pandemic effects
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve “has some time” to raise rates towards a more neutral level, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said Wednesday, a counter …
Barkin: Ukraine may add to inflation, but so far has not hit broader demand
(Reuters) – The war in Ukraine has added to inflationary pressure in the U.S. but so far does not appear to have influenced demand for …
Fed’s rate path balances inflation fight and pandemic unknowns, Barkin says
By Howard Schneider BALTIMORE – The rate increases projected by Federal Reserve officials this week represented a “balancing act” between the need to begin normalizing …
Fed’s Barkin says sustained high oil prices could ‘dampen’ consumption, growth
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. – If the conflict in Ukraine leads to sustained high oil prices it could hit U.S. consumer spending and pose a possible …
Fed’s Barkin: Ukraine events not likely to change case for U.S. rate hikes
WASHINGTON – The Russian invasion of Ukraine probably won’t change the “underyling logic” behind the Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates, but the impact …
Fed’s Barkin: ‘I’d have to be convinced’ of need for half-point rate hike
By Ann Saphir -Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin on Thursday said he would be “conceptually” open to raising interest rates by a bigger-than-usual …
Fed’s Barkin says rates should move to pre-pandemic levels, then assess next steps
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Reserve needs to begin raising interest rates but it is too soon to say how far or …
Fed’s Barkin says pace of U.S. rate hikes depends on inflation
By Ann Saphir – How fast and far the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates once it begins doing so in March will depend …