Monetary Policy: Federal Reserve Governor Bowman says it will likely be appropriate to raise rates again
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Saturday repeated her view that inflation continues to be too high despite "considerable" progress in lowering it, and the US central bank will likely need to tighten monetary policy further. "I expect it will likely be appropriate for the (Fed) to raise rates further and hold them at a restrictive level for some time to return inflation to our 2 percent goal in a timely way," Bowman said in prepared remarks to the Connecticut Bankers Association. "I remain willing to support raising the federal funds rate at a future meeting if the incoming data indicates that progress on inflation has stalled or is too slow to bring inflation to 2 percent in a timely way," she said. The comments were largely identical to those Bowman made on Monday about the e...