Powell Revives ‘Transitory’ With Remarks on Tariff Inflation

Powell Says Fed's Base Case Is Inflation Will Be Transitory
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Team Transitory looks to be staging a comeback.

Fresh off the Federal Reserve’s new economic projections showing officials expect higher inflation and slower growth this year, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday it’s his “base case” that any bump in price-growth due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy would prove transitory.