Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's August 28, 2026 Jackson Hole speech signaling possible rate hikes spurred investors to increase their expectations for a September interest-rate increase, moving markets as inflation remains well above the Fed's target.
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his commitment to fighting inflation in a major speech — raising expectations that rate hikes may be coming, though he did not clearly spell out a path going forward.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh used his first Jackson Hole address as chair on Aug. 28 to warn that US inflation remains above the central bank’s 2% target and that better-than-expected summer readings have not shown underlying trends have “meaningfully improved” [federalreserve.gov#1][bbc.co.uk#1][npr.org#1][pbs.org#2]. Warsh said the Fed must be confident underlying inflation is moving toward
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said in his first Jackson Hole speech as chair on Aug. 28 that the central bank may raise interest rates if inflation fails to move clearly and quickly toward its 2% target [pbs.org#1][abcnews.com#1][mainichi.jp#1][brecorder.com#1]. Warsh said recent price data had not shown “meaningful” improvement in underlying inflation trends and said he had not committed to a
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chief led investors to raise expectations for a September interest-rate increase after he said policymakers would “have work to do” if they lacked confidence that inflation was moving toward the central bank’s 2% target [semafor.com#1][interest.co.nz#1][brecorder.com#1][aawsat.com#2]. Market pricing for a September hike rose to a