Fed Policy

Kevin Warsh is off to a rocky start just two meetings into his tenure as Fed chair. He has refused to provide a framework for how monetary policy should operate, and he has lost both the hawks and doves on the rest of the Committee. The signal for where rates are going will come from his colleagues.

Kevin Warsh says he wants to "survey a billion prices," yet has embraced a trimmed mean measure (conveniently the most dovish signal) which asymmetrically throws out 55% of the basket and leans on lagging housing components. Symmetric, market-based ex-housing variants show upside inflation risk.

On the eve of the blackout period last week, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller delivered a speech outlining why he believes the Fed should reduce interest rates by 25bps at the July 2025 FOMC meeting. Governor Waller’s arguments were rooted in data and solid macroeconomic analysis, and many of

This is the final post in our multi-part series on the Fed's 2025 framework review and strategy for dealing with supply shocks. Part 1 discusses how the Fed can deal with tariff inflation risks, Part 2 discusses the implications of recent productivity dynamics, Part 3 discusses the

This is the fourth post in our multi-part series on the Fed's 2025 framework review. Part 1 discusses how the Fed can deal with tariff inflation risks, Part 2 discusses the implications of recent productivity dynamics, and Part 3 discusses the Fed's inflation and supply

This is the third post in our multi-part series on the Fed's 2025 framework review. Part 1 can be found here and Part 2 can be found here. The Fed has an opportunity to learn valuable lessons and apply those lessons in a forward-looking manner. By

This is the second post in our multi-part series on the Fed's 2025 framework review. Part 1 can be found here. The Fed has an opportunity to learn valuable lessons and apply those lessons in a forward-looking manner. By revising its framework accordingly, Fed policy can