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Warsh says Fed focus to stay on inflation, underlying trends have not meaningfully improved

By Thomson Reuters Sep 16, 2026 | 1:51 PM

Sept 16 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s predominant ​focus will ‌remain on controlling inflation, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh ‌said ​on ⁠Wednesday after ⁠the U.S. central bank raised rates.

“So our predominant ​focus is on the ⁠price ⁠stability side ​of our mandate. ​Plain fact is that ‌inflation is too high, and has ⁠been for too long. This summer’s ⁠inflation ‌readings do ⁠not tell ​me ‌that underlying ​trends have ⁠meaningfully improved,” Warsh told a news conference.

(Reporting by David ​Lawder)