Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday he may dissent from the Federal Open Market Committee if policymakers opt to keep interest rates unchanged at the end of this month, reaffirming his call for a quarter-point cut in light of what he described as an “on the edge” labor market.
“It’s important not to dissent regularly,” Waller said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “But officials should take the step if you make it very clear you think at this moment in time this is an important thing to do.”
He added: “I dissented on the balance sheet slowdown earlier this year because I felt like that was not needed, and that’s kind of the situation we’re in now.”
The remarks follow a speech
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