An Essentially Unchanged FOMC Statement and No Great Illuminations from Powell’s Press Conference

Today’s monetary policy from the FOMC contains no meaningful modifications from the prior one on September 16th. The two insignificant changes occur in the second paragraph, which describes economic conditions. Number one, a factor that will be keeping inflation down was described in September a “significantly lower oil prices” and now as “earlier declines in […]

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