CSPAN Federal Reserve Chair Powell News Conference July 14, 2024
The outlook for the u. S. Economy remains terrible, and this action is designed to support the outlook. From weak Global Growth and to promote a faster return of inflation to our symmetric 2 objective. Objectives will support achievement of our overall goal, to sustain for the benefit of the american people. Conclude theed to runoff of our securities portfolio rather than and september as previously planned. I will discuss the thinking behind todays Interest Rate reduction and then turn to the path forward. As the year began, both the economy and Monetary Policy were in a good place. Below 4 ,...