U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said Wednesday that risks remain tilted toward higher inflation. She noted that while the overall path is promising, the Fed is cautious and vigilant, prepared to act if price pressures accelerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said Wednesday that risks remain tilted toward higher inflation. She noted that while the overall path is promising, the Fed is cautious and vigilant, prepared to act if price pressures accelerate. Labor Market Holds Steady Cook highlighted a stable labor market following last year\u2019s Fed rate cuts. Employment remains …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":107926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123448,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123443\/revisions\/123448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Labor Market Holds Steady<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cook highlighted a stable labor market following last year\u2019s Fed rate cuts. Employment remains broadly balanced, though the Fed is closely watching the timing mismatch between rising AI investment costs and productivity gains.
Economic Growth Outlook<\/strong>
The U.S. economy is projected to grow slightly above 2% in 2026. Weak consumer sentiment persists among lower- and moderate-income households, but overall activity remains solid.
Policy Focus<\/strong>
Cook stressed the Fed\u2019s priority: ensuring inflation returns to\u2014and stays at\u2014the 2% target. Disinflation may resume as tariff effects fade, but uncertainties, including wage pressures and AI-driven costs, keep the Fed cautious.
Market Response<\/strong>
The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) rose 0.26% to 97.65, reflecting markets\u2019 focus on inflation signals and Fed vigilance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"