{"id":744336,"date":"2026-06-18T05:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/744336\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:53:29","slug":"feds-warsh-says-2-inflation-target-will-stay-declines-to-signal-policy-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/744336\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed\u2019s Warsh Says 2% Inflation Target Will Stay, Declines to Signal Policy Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said the core of the inflation framework review is analyzing the causes of inflation.<br \/>\nWarsh said there is no reason to revisit the Fed\u2019s 2%% inflation target, making clear that the current goal will remain in place.<br \/>\nWarsh ruled out providing guidance on future monetary policy, stressed a data-dependent approach, and signaled that curbing inflation will remain the top priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_feedSummaryContent-module-scss-module__B3djzW__newsAnalyticsTitle\">Forecast Trend Report by Period<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Indicator.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"light\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Indicator-dark.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"dark\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/>See more mid- to long-term trend analysis<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e44b268a-9026-46c3-9090-a42c14d06875.webp\" alt=\"Photo: Shutterstock\" width=\"646\" role=\"presentation\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Warsh, chair of the Federal Reserve, said the centerpiece of the central bank\u2019s ongoing review of its monetary policy framework is identifying the causes of inflation.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference after the FOMC meeting on June 17, Warsh said the framework review is focused on the factors that drive price increases.<\/p>\n<p>He also made clear the Fed has no plans to revisit its inflation goal. Warsh said he sees no reason to review the central bank\u2019s 2% target and indicated it will remain in place.<\/p>\n<p>On the policy outlook, he said the Fed cannot provide any guidance on what it will do next.<\/p>\n<p>Warsh said current monetary policy appears restrictive for the housing market, but not for financial markets more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>That suggests higher interest rates are clearly weighing on housing, while risk appetite and liquidity remain intact across financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>Markets are interpreting the remarks as a sign the Fed will keep fighting inflation as its top priority after Warsh ruled out forward guidance and reaffirmed the 2% target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said the core of the inflation framework review is analyzing the causes of inflation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3571,266755,7345,266753,45,49,48,266754,266760,266759,266757,266756,266758,4614,46,3574,101375],"class_list":["post-744336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoincommunity","tag-blockchain","tag-bloomingbit","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-coincommunity","tag-coininfo","tag-coininvest","tag-coinnews","tag-coinreview","tag-coinstats","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-economy","tag-ethereum","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}