Fed’s Powell Sees Accommodative Policy for ‘Quite Some Time’

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Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell, who has never dissented from a policy decision, said monetary policy will remain accommodative “for quite some time,” with below-target inflation and unemployment “well above” the longer-term normal level.

“The case for continued support for our economy from monetary policy remains strong,” Powell said today in the text of prepared remarks in New York.