Monetary policy

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said moderate growth and his outlook for higher inflation will allow the U.S. central bank to raise interest rates, while his counterpart in Philadelphia signaled he’s anticipating a hike in December.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer continues to expect a tightening U.S. labor market to lift wages and prices.

Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell deflected questions about his interest in succeeding Janet Yellen at the helm of the U.S. central bank when her term as chair expires on Feb. 3, 2018.

Paul Mortimer-Lee, chief market economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the leadership of the Fed and possible replacements for Janet Yellen.

The Federal Reserve should not raise rates again until inflation is at the 2% target, unless unemployment falls dramatically, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari wrote in an essay published Monday.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said the central bank should raise rates in a “regular and gradual” way.

The economy will “probably not” rebound in the last half of 2017, according to Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, and don’t expect inflation to suddenly turn around either.

Given the numerous uncertainties in the economy, gradual rate hikes remain the best course, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said.

While monetary policy is not “overly easy,” Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said his mind is open about tightening.

While he doesn’t “see much risk of an outsized breakout in inflation,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said Monday he is concerned that inflation expectations are too low.