Forward guidance. My questions are first, what are you hoping to learn, how might that change your response and third, how close is the committee to reaching a decision on a more concrete Forward Guidance and whether yield caps might reinforce that guidance . First i would say we think Monetary Policy today is wellpositioned to support the economy in this challenging time. If we didnt think that of course we would change her policy now. As you know we lowered her policy rate very quickly, quickly than others and we said we will keep it there until the economy has weathered the effects of the virus and on track to achieve our goals. You can see in the dog plot as i think you pointed out the overwhelmingly the participants expect as a baseline expectation no rate increase at least through 2022 and if you look at surveys and forecasters are market produce reports, Financial Market prices et cetera, those reflect rates at the effective lower bound. The first thing is Monetary Policy is in
Jerome powell announced that Interest Rates will remain near zero for the foreseeable future in order to support Economic Growth following the coronavirus pandemic. This is conference runs one hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Hour. Our country continues to face a difficult and challenging time as a pandemic is causing tremendous hardship in the United States and around the world. People have lost loved ones and many millions have lost their jobs and there is great uncertainty about the future. At the Federal Reserve, we are strongly committed to using our tools to do whatever we can and for as long as it takes to provide some relief instability to ensure the recovery will be a strong as possible and to limit lasting damage to the economy. T lasting damage to the economy. The most important response to the crisis has come from a healthcare workers and on behalf of the Federal Reserve look me express our dedicated individuals who put themselves at risk day after
Order to support Economic Growth following the coronavirus pandemic. This News Conference runs an hour. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for joining us. Our country continues to face a difficult and challenging time as a pandemic is causing tremendous hardship in the United States and around the world. People have lost loved ones and many millions have lost their jobs and there is great uncertainty about the future. At the Federal Reserve we are strongly committed to using our tools to do whatever we can and for as long as it takes to provide some relief instability to ensure the recovery will be a strong as possible and to limit lasting damage to the economy. The most important response to the crisis has come from a healthcare workers and on behalf of the Federal Reserve look me express our dedicated individuals who put themselves at risk day after day and service to others and to our nation. Let me also think the essential workers across the country who have helped meet our basic n