From a 2 e decline forecast in june. Unemployment falls 4. 1 in the next two years. Inflationerm level of and full employment remains. In the statement, fed officials suggest hurricanes will not have a longterm impact on the overall economy. Hurricanes harvey, irma, andrea has devastated communities conflicting severe hardship and rebuilding will affect Economic Activity in the near term. Passive experience suggest storm is unlikely to alter the course of the National Economy over the medium term. They will affect prices. Higher prices for gasoline will likely boost inflation temporarily. Remain 2 xpected to in the near term. Back tosay it will come the target. As expected, the announcement would be october 9 and treasuries will be announced as well october 21. We can do this with Jeffrey Rosenberg mike, let me go to you first. The reduced inflation along with real gdp is the Macro Economic advisers as a runway to 1. 7 percent, the third quarter. Is this a subpar American Economy, is i
Year. Fed chair janet yellen announced the move at a news briefing where she discussed the state of the u. S. Economy. This is an hour. Ms. Yellen good afternoon, before i get started, i want to say that our thoughts are with those who are injured this morning. Today, the federal open Market Committee decided to raise the target range of the federal fund rate by one quarter of percent percentage point. It to one to one quarter percent. Our decision r our decision reflects the progress the economy has made toward maximum employment. We also released today as an addendum to our policy normalization, principles, and plans, Additional Information on the process that well follow in normalizing the size of our Balance Sheet once we determine it is appropriate to do so. I will have more to say of our Interest Rate decision and our Balance Sheet policy. First, i will review recent economic developments and the outlook. Following a slow down in the first quarter, Economic Growth appears to have
Year. Fed chair janet yellen announced the move at a news briefing where she discussed the state of the u. S. Economy. This is an hour. Ms. Yellen good afternoon, before i get started, i want to say that our thoughts are with those who are injured this morning. Today, the federal open Market Committee decided to raise the target range of the federal fund rate by one quarter of percent percentage point. It to one to one quarter percent. Our decision r our decision reflects the progress the economy has made toward maximum employment. We also released today as an addendum to our policy normalization, principles, and plans, Additional Information on the process that well follow in normalizing the size of our Balance Sheet once we determine it is appropriate to do so. I will have more to say of our Interest Rate decision and our Balance Sheet policy. First, i will review recent economic developments and the outlook. Following a slow down in the first quarter, Economic Growth appears to have
She expects it to stabilize around 2 over the next few years. This is one hour. Good afternoon, before i get started, i want to say that our thoughts are with those who are injured this morning. Today, the federal open Market Committee decided to raise the target range of the federal fund rate by one quarter percentage point, bringing it to one to one quarter percent. Our decision reflects the progress the economy has made and is expected to make toward maximum employment and price stability objectives thats science to us by law. We also released today an addendum to policy normalization principles and plans and , Additional Information on the process that well follow in normalizing the size of our Balance Sheet once we determine it is appropriate to do so. I will have more to say of our Interest Rate decision and our Balance Sheet policy. First, i will review recent economic developments and the outlook. Following a slow down in the first quarter, Economic Growth appears to free bound