FED’S JEFFERESON: SOME COMPONENTS OF INFLATION HAVE PROVED PERSISTENT, LOWERING THEM WILL TAKE TIME

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Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson said on Monday, per Reuters, “Fed is ‘still learning’ how much impact its interest rate increases have had on the economy and inflation.”

“Inflation ‘has started to come down,’ with some of that due to tighter monetary policy and some due to other factors such as improving global supply chains,” Fed’s Jefferson said in remarks prepared for delivery at an event at Washington and Lee University.

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Inflation "should fall back" toward the Fed's 2% target as higher interest rates discourage spending in interest-rate sensitive sectors of the economy like housing

Inflation "has started to come down" with some of that due to tighter monetary policy and some due to other factors such as improving global supply chains

"monetary policy affects the economy and inflation with long, variable, and highly uncertain lags, and we are still learning about the full effect of our tightening thus far

did not comment on recent bank stress

did not provide his views about whether the Fed should continue raising interest rates at upcoming meetings

Following the comments, the policymaker also replies to the questions as follows:

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