Beth Hammack

"I try to look at what’s the magnitude and what’s the persistence."

"I see no imminent need to change monetary policy as inflation remains too high."

"My expectation has been that inflation would start making progress towards our 2% target."

"If inflation is not making progress towards our goal in the latter half of this year, as I expect that it should, that might be a reason why we might need to be more restrictive."

"It is too early to know how all this will play out."

"My expectation has been that inflation would start making progress towards our 2% target."

"If inflation is not making progress towards our goal in the latter half of this year, as I expect that it should, that might be a reason why we might need to be more restrictive from policy perspective."

"I try to look at what’s the magnitude and what’s the persistence."

"She sees no imminent need to change monetary policy as inflation remains too high."

"Policy should remain on hold for quite some time until there is evidence that inflation is coming down."

"Inflationary pressures are broad based, noting that tariffs are only one area of concern for businesses."

"Under my base case, I think policy should be on hold for quite some time as we see evidence that inflation is coming down and the labor market stabilizes further."

"I see inflationary pressures as broad based."

"It’s difficult to envision imminent major changes to the dollar’s international role."

"The Fed needs to balance a softening job market against what she sees as broad-based inflationary pressures."