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Statement Comparison: Already Sufficiently Restrictive?

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Statement changes retain the bias toward tightening but basically outlines that that the FOMC will be going meeting-to-meeting going forward as it determines "the extent to which additional policy firming may be appropriate". See below.

  • Taking out the "in order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive" language suggests they think they're already in sufficiently restrictive territory.
  • That will be a question for Powell in 25 minutes - that is, if he doesn't address it directly in his opening remarks.

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