Fed's Hammack Flags Inflation as Top Risk as Unemployment Holds Near Maximum Employment
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 17
Fed's Hammack Flags Inflation as Top Risk as Unemployment Holds Near Maximum Employment
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 17
Summary
Beth Hammack said persistently high inflation is her main concern, arguing the Fed faces no tradeoff because the labor market is still near her definition of maximum employment.
LinkedIn remarks published Friday tied that view to resilient consumer spending and low unemployment, which she said show labor conditions are holding up even as price pressures remain too high.
Hammack, president of the Cleveland Fed, framed inflation—not jobs—as the more urgent side of the Fed’s dual mandate at this stage.