US Dollar Is Losing On Comments By Fed’s Bowman

Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said on Thursday that the headline and core inflation slightly slowed down but the latest readings are still unsatisfactorily high. Bowman also expects ongoing increases in rate hikes at coming meetings. According to her, policymakers still have a lot of work to do but it is appropriate for us to slow the pace of increases.

The US Dollar seems under heavy bearish pressure following Bowman’s comments and the Dollar Index was last seen losing -1.12% on the day, staying around 104.716.

Key Quotes

“Slower pace will allow us to more fully assess the impact of our actions.”

“My views on size and pace of rate hikes will be guided by incoming data.”

“Looking for signs inflation has peaked and is on a downward path.”

“Policy will have to remain restrictive for some time to get inflation down.”

“I’ll continue to watch labor market to assess the impact of our actions there.”

“We are not seeing a significant impact on reducing inflation.”

“They are still at high levels and I need to see our actions have an impact.”

“Until then, I expect we will have a slightly higher terminal rate than I had anticipated at sept meeting.”

“Balance sheet not creating issues at this point, we need to continue to monitor.”