Powell opening statement: Current policy stance leaves us well positioned

  • Powell initial comments in his press conference on June 18, 2025
Jerome Powell
  • Unemployment rate remains low and has stayed in a narrow range
  • Labor market is not a source of inflation
  • Conditions are broadly in balance
  • Inflation has been running somewhat above goal
  • Inflationary effects of tariffs could be one-time or 'more persistent'
  • Our obligation is to prevent a one-time increase becoming a longer term problem
  • Projections are not a plan, and subject to uncertainty

There were minimal moves in FX as he spoke in his opening statement.

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