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With a strong economy, the Federal Reserve no longer needs to provide policy accommodation, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said financial markets have gotten the message on the U.S. central bank’s plan for gradual interest-rate increases and “should not be surprised” by its actions.

The Federal Reserve’s policy-making panel is about to get a hawkish mid-year reshuffle.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said the central bank can accommodate an overshoot of its inflation target and he isn’t worried by the impact of oil prices rising past $70 a barrel.

Lorie Logan, a senior vice president at the New York Fed, said that she saw “virtually no chance of going back to the pre-crisis balance sheet size of $800 billion.’’

A total of 3-4 rate hikes this year remains viable, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said in a televised interview Friday.

The United States economy is healthy, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, who said he would be surprised if a recession occurred in the next couple of years.

The Federal Open Market Committee held the fed funds rate target at a range of 1.5% to 1.75% and tweaked its statement on inflation.

The Federal Open Market Committee meets this week, which means a light primary market calendar of $4.3 billion. With year-over-year core PCE seen at or near 2%, its statement will acknowledge rising inflation.

Federal Reserve officials are sounding increasingly confident they can run the U.S. economy hot without a harmful rise of inflation.

The economic outlook has not changed, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard said in a televised interview Friday, suggesting the Fed’s projected rate hikes are on target unless data changes require adjustment.

The Federal Reserve will need to continue raising interest rates, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said.

Gary Pzegeo, head of fixed income at CIBC Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management, discusses the changes at the Fed, including two new nominees, and what this means for monetary policy and the possibility of dynamic inflation targeting. Gary Siegel hosts.

Inflation and the unemployment rate will determine if monetary policy will need to become restrictive in the coming years, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said Wednesday.

New tariffs and concerns over widening trade disputes cast a shadow over the Federal Reserve’s most recent survey of U.S. businesses even as all 12 regions reported continued robust job growth with few signs of overheating.

John Williams, who takes the helm of the powerful Federal Reserve Bank of New York in June, played down risks the yield curve would become inverted as the U.S. central bank gradually raises interest rates.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Richard Clarida, a respected economist and Pacific Investment Management Co. global strategic adviser, as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the central bank will stay on its gradual path of raising interest rates unless inflation moves up by “an appreciable margin.”

While trade policy poses a risk to U.S. economic growth, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Friday, he would support faster rate hikes if risks are avoided and the economy gets stronger.

Federal Reserve officials leaned toward a slightly faster pace of tightening at their March meeting as their growth outlook and confidence in hitting their inflation target strengthened, according to minutes released Wednesday.