{"id":18066,"date":"2026-05-22T21:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/22\/will-the-us-federal-reserve-hike-rates-again-governor-chris-waller-joins-hawkish-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:56:16","slug":"will-the-us-federal-reserve-hike-rates-again-governor-chris-waller-joins-hawkish-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=18066","title":{"rendered":"Will the US Federal Reserve hike rates again? Governor Chris Waller joins hawkish camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131264898,imgsize-907969,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Will the US Federal Reserve hike rates again? Governor Chris Waller joins hawkish camp\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US Federal Reserve Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chris-waller\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chris Waller<\/a> has joined a growing group of policymakers calling for the central bank to signal that its next move may not necessarily be an interest rate cut as inflation pressures remain elevated, AFP reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The comments come as the US economy continues to grapple with stubborn price pressures, with consumer inflation reaching a three-year high in April amid rising energy prices linked to the ongoing Iran conflict.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>In prepared remarks for a lecture in Frankfurt on Friday, Waller said: &#8220;Inflation is not headed in the right direction.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;Based on this recent data, I would support removing the &#8216;easing bias&#8217; language in our policy statement to make it clear that a rate cut is no more likely in the future than a rate increase,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Waller, however, said this did not imply an immediate move towards higher rates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>He said he did not expect interest rate increases &#8220;in the near future&#8221; and added that he would support a pause on policy changes &#8220;for the near term&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The US Federal Reserve had kept rates unchanged at its Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in late April, though policymakers were divided over the future policy path.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>According to AFP, three Fed regional presidents had backed removing the easing-bias language, while one governor had supported a rate cut. Following Waller&#8217;s comments, one-third of the 12-member rate-setting committee now supports the proposed shift in language.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Incoming Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh, who is due to be sworn in on Friday, has previously supported rate cuts and is expected to lead a divided committee at the next policy meeting in June.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Waller said the future direction of inflation could depend significantly on developments in West Asia.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>&#8220;It is time to simply sit and watch how the conflict and the data evolve,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/international-business\/will-the-us-federal-reserve-hike-rates-again-governor-chris-waller-joins-hawkish-camp\/articleshow\/131264887.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller has joined a growing group of policymakers calling for the central bank to signal that its next move may not necessarily be an interest rate cut as inflation pressures remain elevated, AFP reported.The comments come as the US economy continues to grapple with stubborn price pressures, with consumer inflation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}