A trio of Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed the need for additional interest-rate hikes while counseling a gradual approach to tightening that would minimize disruptions to financial markets and the economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said the US central bank will likely reduce the number of interest-rate decisions it makes each year to six from eight, and will begin phasing in the new meeting schedule in 2027.

Kevin Warsh faces a familiar challenge this week if the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady: He must reassure investors the central bank is committed to quashing inflation while explaining why officials chose not to raise rates.

The Federal Reserve and its peers in the euro zone and Japan will probably keep interest rates steady in the coming week, opting to bide their time before potential further hikes.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh did nothing to dispel market expectations that the US central bank will hold interest rates steady when it meets at the end of the month.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said his task force on productivity and jobs will hold a field hearing in the San Francisco Bay Area next month.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said a report showing broad-based inflationary pressures last month was worrisome, and warned the buildout of infrastructure related to artificial intelligence may be overheating the economy.

Half of the 12 Federal Reserve districts saw robust or intensifying price pressures in recent weeks as higher energy prices permeated the local economies, according to a survey of the central bank’s regional contacts.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook says she will be unable to attend a Nov. 5 hearing at the White House that’s part of a new investigation into mortgage fraud allegations by President Donald Trump.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said interest rates will likely need to rise more before the end of the year to help rein in inflation.

The Federal Reserve said income inequality fell over the last three years, but the change did little to narrow persistent wealth disparities.

To maintain their lifestyles amid rising prices, consumers are drawing on resources including food banks and ChatGPT.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said the central bank must continue raising interest rates to fully cool inflation and suggested that rising Treasury yields may also help slow the economy.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned the central bank cannot ignore repeated and persistent supply shocks, and must respond in a way that may cause economic hardship.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said inflation remains too high and that pressures have broadened beyond the oil-price shock of the Iran war.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said he thinks policymakers should do a lot less talking. He followed his own advice on Wednesday when he held the shortest press conference on record for a Fed chair speaking after a regularly-scheduled policy meeting.

Odds of a rate increase at next week’s meeting have shot up.

A majority of economists saw the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady at this month’s meeting and through the end of 2027, even as market odds for a rate hike increased, according to a Bloomberg survey.

At least a third of all Federal Reserve officials have said they would consider meeting less frequently to set interest rates, giving Kevin Warsh an early opening for one of the biggest structural changes he’s proposed as the central bank’s new chairman.