‘Strategic Uncertainty’ in US Trade Strategy Toughens Fed’s Job
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I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston, and today we’re looking at reporting by Craig Torres and Michael Sasso on uncertainty and the Fed. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.
Federal Reserve policymakers often say that their future interest-rate decisions will be “data dependent.” That’s difficult, though, when current data don’t necessarily tell you where things are headed, and there’s an unusual amount of uncertainty about tomorrow’s data points.