While Fed chair #Powell was "hawkish" in FOMC presser, his statements revealed key factors to "dovish" path
- labor “I don’t see the case for real softening just yet.”
- inflation “we haven’t seen inflation coming down.”
- housing “still some significant increases coming”
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Labor statement below:
- Powell says no sign softening
- yet today's jobs report shows unemployment rate rose +0.2% to 3.7%
- that is a sign of softening
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Inflation, Powell says haven't "seen inflation coming down"
- yet prevalent and widespread signs of price increases cooling
- see prior thread