WEBVTT - Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran Talks Rate Cuts, Inflation, Future at Fed

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, Radio News.

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<v Speaker 2>We begin this sound with investors searching for direction in

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<v Speaker 2>a pivotal year, potentially for the Federal Reserve. FED Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Stephen Myron dumpling down on his dubbish stants calling for

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<v Speaker 2>the Central Bank tocount interest rates by more than a

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<v Speaker 2>percentage point in twenty twenty six. Governor Myron joins US

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<v Speaker 2>now four more. Governor, good morning, happy.

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<v Speaker 3>New year, happy to hear, thanks for having me back.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good to say. You've been very, very transparent about

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<v Speaker 2>where you were on the dot plot and what your

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<v Speaker 2>forecast is. So let's start there. Where are you for

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<v Speaker 2>this year? Where's your dot? What are you looking for?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so I'm on surprisingly the lowest dot. I'm looking

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<v Speaker 3>for about a point and a half of cuts. A

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<v Speaker 3>lot of that is driven by my view of inflation.

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<v Speaker 3>I gave a speech about this and you know about

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<v Speaker 3>a month ago in December Columbia University. My view is

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<v Speaker 3>that almost all of the excess inflation over target is

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<v Speaker 3>due to quirks of how we calculate inflation. So, as

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<v Speaker 3>you have talked about with many of your guests many

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<v Speaker 3>times before, shelter inflation really really lags a lot, and

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<v Speaker 3>because average tenant rents have caught up to new tenant rents,

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<v Speaker 3>because market rents have been running at a one percent

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<v Speaker 3>rate for a couple of years now, I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>appropriate to sort of think about underlying inflation as abstracting

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<v Speaker 3>from that a little bit. You know, the shelter inflation

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<v Speaker 3>is indicative of a supply demand in balance from twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty two to twenty twenty three, not twenty twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 3>We need to be making policy for twenty twenty seven

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<v Speaker 3>because of policy lags. And their side of it is

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<v Speaker 3>the portfolio management fees that I'm sure you've talked about

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<v Speaker 3>again with many of your guests many times stock market

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<v Speaker 3>went up mechanically inflation moves higher despite many of your

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<v Speaker 3>other guests, I'm sure no doubt telling you about fee

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<v Speaker 3>compression and the asset asset management industry for decades. So

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<v Speaker 3>you abstract from those two things. Underlying inflation is running

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<v Speaker 3>at two point three percent. That's with the noise of

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<v Speaker 3>our target. That sounds like an argument for neutral. You're

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<v Speaker 3>making an argument though, for this year, for a combination.

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<v Speaker 3>Where does that come from?

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you looking for a combinative monetary policy stats

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<v Speaker 2>cominggain to Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so a couple things. First of all, as I

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<v Speaker 3>just said, underlying inflation's running within noise of our target,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's a good indication of where overall inflation is

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<v Speaker 3>going to be going in the medium term. But then

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<v Speaker 3>the unemployment rate is four point six percent, right, So

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<v Speaker 3>that means that there's about a million Americans who don't

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<v Speaker 3>have jobs, who could have jobs without causing unwanted and

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<v Speaker 3>without causing unwanted upward pressure on inflation. I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>it's right to tell those people that they shouldn't have

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<v Speaker 3>jobs because we're just mechanically calculating inflation in some silly way.

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<v Speaker 3>I just don't think that makes a lot of sense.

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<v Speaker 3>The other thing is that because we've kept policy tighter

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<v Speaker 3>than I think it ought to be, that makes me

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<v Speaker 3>mark down our growth forecast for the future relative to

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<v Speaker 3>where it should be. And so if we didn't need

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<v Speaker 3>if we hadn't kept been keeping policy in my view

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<v Speaker 3>too tight over the last year or so, it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be necessary to provide that type.

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<v Speaker 2>Correctly, say, marked down in the future. Because they fed

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<v Speaker 2>actually marked up GDP for twenty six What do you

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<v Speaker 2>mean in the future no.

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<v Speaker 3>So like when you look at these dots right in

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<v Speaker 3>the set, they're projections of appropriate policy and projections of

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<v Speaker 3>economic fundamentals like growth and inflation conditional upon appropriate policy.

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<v Speaker 3>So my projections for growth and inflation are conditional upon

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<v Speaker 3>getting my policy forecast right, my policy projection. If I

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<v Speaker 3>don't get my policy projection because the rest of the

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<v Speaker 3>committee is more hawkish than I am, then we wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>meet my growth and inflation projection. We'd underperform then. And

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<v Speaker 3>so because policy has been in my view too tight

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<v Speaker 3>for the last year, that means that my expectations of

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<v Speaker 3>growth will ultimately be will ultimately be unsatisfied because we

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<v Speaker 3>didn't get the policy that I wanted.

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<v Speaker 4>You have GDP two point six percent roughly over the

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<v Speaker 4>next few years. Are you saying that the appropriate growth

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<v Speaker 4>rate is something like that two percent and two point

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<v Speaker 4>six percent and not necessarily three percent are.

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<v Speaker 3>Above Well, so that's conditional getting upon getting the policy

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<v Speaker 3>projection that I want, right, I think, and I think,

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<v Speaker 3>and part of that is due. So part of the

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<v Speaker 3>reason why it's a little bit lower than I think

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<v Speaker 3>two point eight two point nine is probably where more

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<v Speaker 3>where it would be if we got if we sort

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<v Speaker 3>of had the right policy the entire time. Part of

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<v Speaker 3>the reason it's a little bit lower than that is

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<v Speaker 3>because we got to account for policy having been too

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<v Speaker 3>tight over the last twelve months.

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<v Speaker 4>There's also a question about the reaction function. We're talking

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<v Speaker 4>about the data that we're going to be getting tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 4>What would you have to see to change your view?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, if we saw, let's say the unemployment rate

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<v Speaker 4>go down to four point four percent, would you start

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<v Speaker 4>to question whether one hundred and fifty basis points of

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<v Speaker 4>cuts is really necessary this year.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a great question. And before I answer it, let

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<v Speaker 3>me step back a foot and say that my forecast

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<v Speaker 3>is conditional upon shelter inflation coming down, right, And there's

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<v Speaker 3>people who agree with me, by the way, Like you

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<v Speaker 3>look at the research from Goldman Sachs. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 3>pretty similar to where I am on shelter. They've got

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<v Speaker 3>shelter inflation running below the pre COVID rate by the

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<v Speaker 3>end of the year, similar to where I have it.

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<v Speaker 3>Where I differ from a lot of my colleagues again,

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<v Speaker 3>is thinking that goods inflation is not being driven by tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't see tariffs being driven by goods inflation. I see

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<v Speaker 3>goods inflation. I'm not sure what's driving I listed a

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<v Speaker 3>few possibilities in the speech in December. I think the

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<v Speaker 3>jury is still out on that one. But if I

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<v Speaker 3>end up being right on inflation and gold sorry on shelter.

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<v Speaker 3>If I end up being read in shelter and Goldman

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<v Speaker 3>ends up being read in shelter, and I end up

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<v Speaker 3>being wrong on tariffs and everybody else is right on tariffs,

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<v Speaker 3>then we're going to undershoot our target. Two sided risk

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<v Speaker 3>is back, and I think that people haven't really internalized

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<v Speaker 3>that yet, and I think it's important to appreciate that. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>where would I be wrong Because so much of my

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<v Speaker 3>disinflation forecast is based upon shelter, I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 3>wrong if market rents pick up again.

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<v Speaker 4>So you're saying this is all an inflation issue and

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<v Speaker 4>not anything to do with the labor market.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, as I said before, unemployment is unemployment is somewhat

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<v Speaker 3>above the somewhat above what where I view the natural rate,

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<v Speaker 3>And so it's sixty basis points a million people you

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<v Speaker 3>know of unnecessary unemployment that we could reduce by having

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<v Speaker 3>a more appropriate policies.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's Toalsa's point. Is there a line in the

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<v Speaker 1>sand and the unemployment rate tomorrow that would maybe have

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<v Speaker 1>you think about this a little bit differently. What if

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<v Speaker 1>the unemployment rate drops down four point five percent or

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<v Speaker 1>even four point four percent.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I would absolutely addst I would absolute adjust my projection.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you look at the September step, right, I

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<v Speaker 3>was fifty business points higher than I was in the

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<v Speaker 3>December step. Part of the reason why I adjusted my

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<v Speaker 3>dot down by fifty basis points is because the labor

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<v Speaker 3>market didn't perform for my expectations that I had in September,

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<v Speaker 3>and because inflation actually I performed to the downside, right,

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<v Speaker 3>So it was appropriate to adjust my dot down. And

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<v Speaker 3>then on top of that, we had the two type

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<v Speaker 3>policies I described. So if the data come in a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit better, yeah, of course I'm going to adjust

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<v Speaker 3>my expectation.

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<v Speaker 1>In just the past few weeks, we've heard from a

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<v Speaker 1>number of your colleagues talking about how actually they feel

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<v Speaker 1>like we're pretty close to neutral. Have you any inroads

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<v Speaker 1>convincing them that they're not right about this the way you.

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<v Speaker 3>See the world, You know, can't I can't speak for them,

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, I think that every month we come

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<v Speaker 3>in and the unemployment rate ticks up a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>and the inflation, you know, and the inflation data sort

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<v Speaker 3>of seemed to be doing a little bit better. I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's really difficult to argue that policy is neutral,

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<v Speaker 3>especially when we've been on this course of gradual listening

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<v Speaker 3>or the labor market for a couple of years now.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just really difficult in my mind to sort of

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<v Speaker 3>argue that policy is not restricting the economy.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of words to want to pick out, and one

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<v Speaker 2>is neutral and the other is correct. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>very difficult to say this is where I think neutral is,

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<v Speaker 2>and this should be the correct policy rate, because it's

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<v Speaker 2>such a guessing game as to where neutral is. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think you understand that. Of course. I also want

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<v Speaker 2>to pick up the difference between being an economist and

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<v Speaker 2>being a policy maker. When you say two way risk,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that really makes us all think about speed

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<v Speaker 2>and the appropriate speed to adjust monetary policy. When there

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<v Speaker 2>is two sided risk, why do you think we should

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<v Speaker 2>be going this fast this year in your mind to

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<v Speaker 2>cut that aggressively in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 3>So same thing as I said in the lest few

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<v Speaker 3>times I've been here, we're still materially above neutral in

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<v Speaker 3>my mind, and there's not really a reason to be

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<v Speaker 3>materially above neutral if the labor market is an a

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<v Speaker 3>weakening path and inflation is underlying inflation's already running close

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<v Speaker 3>stort target and on trajectory to hit it. To hit

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<v Speaker 3>the target, there's just not a real reason to be

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<v Speaker 3>so restrictive. And we're running unnecessary risks on the labor

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<v Speaker 3>market by being so restrictive, and so in my mind,

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<v Speaker 3>it's like we're selling options for nothing, and I don't

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<v Speaker 3>see why we're selling those options.

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<v Speaker 2>This just requires such a strong amount of conviction. Though,

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<v Speaker 2>coming down of the pandemic, I think what we all

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<v Speaker 2>learn was a massive degree of humidity because there were

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<v Speaker 2>so many things that we thought were obvious that actually

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<v Speaker 2>things just turned out to be completely the opposite. And

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if this year we should have the same

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<v Speaker 2>approach to monetary policy. As a monetary policy official, do

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<v Speaker 2>you have to sit here and say, actually, the prudent

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<v Speaker 2>way to do things is actually to move slowly and

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<v Speaker 2>work things out meeting by meeting, Because that's why I

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<v Speaker 2>hear from other members of the committee, and I'm wondering

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<v Speaker 2>why you see things so differently.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, So first of all, I'll say that I was

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<v Speaker 3>right about inflation at coming out of the pandemic. And

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<v Speaker 3>if you sort of go back to twenty twenty when

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<v Speaker 3>I was in the Treasury Department, you know, we were

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<v Speaker 3>arguing for a smaller stimulus package because we didn't see

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<v Speaker 3>we didn't see COVID as a similar type of recession

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<v Speaker 3>that we had POSTGFC, post dot com bubble, where you

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<v Speaker 3>had persistently leveraging dragging on demand that caused the balance

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<v Speaker 3>sheet recession with a persistent, slow, crappy recovery. Right, COVID

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<v Speaker 3>was like a switch turned off. Right, people stayed at home,

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<v Speaker 3>and the switch turned on when they started going out again.

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<v Speaker 3>And so there wasn't going to be that slow recovery.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's why we were pushing for for smaller stimulus

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<v Speaker 3>packages because we didn't think that it narrated that type

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<v Speaker 3>of package. We were concerned about inflation picking up. So

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<v Speaker 3>I did I did get that. I did get that right,

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<v Speaker 3>And I do understand the value of of being cautions

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<v Speaker 3>and having humiliating these things. I will say my forecast,

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<v Speaker 3>as I said before, is predicated upon shelter inflation and

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<v Speaker 3>shelter is a weird thing where market rents give us

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<v Speaker 3>a window into measured into the path of measured inflation

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<v Speaker 3>that's very different than other sections of the inflation index.

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<v Speaker 3>We know that market rents, a weighted average of single

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<v Speaker 3>family multi family market rents have been growing at a

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<v Speaker 3>one percent rate for two years now. We know that

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<v Speaker 3>average tenant rents have caught up to new tenant rents.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>There are statistically mechanical relationships that give you a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of confidence that measured shelter inflation is going to come

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<v Speaker 3>down a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have that type of confidence when you're talking

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<v Speaker 3>about goods. I said before, I don't know what's driving

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<v Speaker 3>goods inflation, Right, I don't have this forecast that goods

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<v Speaker 3>inflation is going to come down because it's just driven

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<v Speaker 3>by tariffs that my colleagues seem to have.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have that type of confidence on areas the

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<v Speaker 3>index that I think are much more difficult to understand.

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<v Speaker 3>Shelter is a mechanical thing from market rents to measured inflation,

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<v Speaker 3>and therefore it's in my mind appropriate to have that

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<v Speaker 3>high degree confidence. And to least's point, where would I

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<v Speaker 3>be wrong if the market rents pick up again. If

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<v Speaker 3>the market rents pick up, then I'm going to say

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<v Speaker 3>my mechanical pass through from market rents into measured shelter

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<v Speaker 3>inflation is getting invalided, and we'll see that.

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<v Speaker 4>Just to hone in a little bit on the housing aspect,

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<v Speaker 4>since that has been a really hot topic, how much

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<v Speaker 4>signal would you take if you did start cutting more

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<v Speaker 4>aggressively at the fetcher reserve and tenure yield rows and

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<v Speaker 4>that actually created an issue for mortgage rights and the

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<v Speaker 4>pass through there. It might actually help with disinflation, but

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<v Speaker 4>it might as exactly be the outcome that you're looking for.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so this is an area where i'd want to

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<v Speaker 3>where I'd want to have I'd want to not jump

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<v Speaker 3>to conclusions because I want to sort of try and

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<v Speaker 3>analyze and very carefully and thinking about what the market

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<v Speaker 3>is saying, think about what the economy is doing. And

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<v Speaker 3>if it's the case that you cut rates and you

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<v Speaker 3>sort of get a burst of activity in some sector

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<v Speaker 3>of the economy that's not housing and that ends up

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<v Speaker 3>crowding out housing, then you know, you wouldn't really mind.

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<v Speaker 3>You're focused on aggregates, you're focused on inflation, on area inflation,

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<v Speaker 3>You're focused on aggregate unemployment. Right, If it looks like

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<v Speaker 3>you cut rates and the bottom market is giving you

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<v Speaker 3>a very clear signal. And I'm not just talking about like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, trading behavior for a week. I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 3>a very clear signal over the course of a period

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<v Speaker 3>of time that it's not the right move, then I think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you want to you want to take that signal, and

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<v Speaker 3>you want to think about what's the market telling me

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<v Speaker 3>that I missed? Is the market right? Am I wrong?

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<v Speaker 3>Let me rethink my framework.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to miss this when it sort of it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like you're enjoying this? Are you going to miss

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<v Speaker 2>this when you have to leave the Federal Reserve?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, uh, that's not part of my forecast.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you going to hang around?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? I have no idea. You know, we'll see. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't I don't make personal decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you've had nothing at all from anybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, you know, I think that you know, we're very

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<v Speaker 3>clearly now getting into getting into the new year, and

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<v Speaker 3>the president. You know, the President has said in the

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<v Speaker 3>past that he would make announcements as we got there,

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, I imagine we'll be getting some at

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<v Speaker 3>some point. But you know, I don't know. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know anything about my future, so I would, I would,

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't mind it.

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<v Speaker 2>What a position to be in. We're all sitting here waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>just like you. Governor. Thank you, it's good to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having thanks for saying so generous with your time.

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<v Speaker 2>The Federal Reserve Governor there, Stephen Myron