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Today · 2026-09-14 · Mon

Highlights of the statement by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh at Jackson Hall

IN HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO JACKSON HALL, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN KEVIN WALSH NOTED THAT INFLATION WAS STILL TOO HIGH, THAT THE FED’S MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE ON IMPROVING THE “SUSPENSIVE AND FIXED” SUMMER INFLATION TARGET OF 2 PER CENT, BUT THAT THE BASIC TRENDS HAD NOT CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY UNLESS INFLATION “CLEARLY AND AT SUFFICIENT SPEED” RETURNED TO THE TARGET, THAT THE FED STILL NEEDED TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO STABILIZE THE LABOUR MARKET, AND THAT BROAD FINANCIAL CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH FULL EMPLOYMENT DID NOT TEND TO WAIT UNTIL JULY FOR A FURTHER CHANGE IN INTEREST RATES。

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There are more signs that employment growth in the United States has been slowed down by downgrading labour markets

On 28 August, employment growth in the United States was more moderate than previously published in the year ending March, highlighting the downward trend in the labour market, which prompted the Federal Reserve to continue to reduce interest rates by 2025 in the face of persistent inflation. According to the initial benchmark revision data published on Friday by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of non-farm employment could be reduced by 79,000, or 0.1 per cent. The final data will be released early next year. Kim Xian

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Walsh: Inflation is still higher than the target Fed has work to do

On 28 August, Federal Reserve Chairman Walsh warned that there had been no meaningful slowdown in inflation and that policymakers must be convinced that inflation was moving in the right direction, otherwise the central bank “had to do”. Walsh reiterated that the Fed would bring inflation back to the target of 2 per cent. He stated that this was a clear and fixed goal. “My criterion is that we must be convinced that potential inflation is moving towards our goal and that the pace must be sufficiently clear and fast. Otherwise, we have work to do. That's our job.” Walsh also stated that the current financial situation was not restrictive and that interest rates were the “principal instrument” of the Fed in carrying out its duties. Kim Xian

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In response to external concerns, Walsh called for "prior attention to prices."

ON 28 AUGUST, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN WALSH STATED: “ALTHOUGH THE PCE AND CPI DATA RELEASED THIS SUMMER WERE BETTER THAN EXPECTED, THEY DID NOT CONVINCE ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT IN THE POTENTIAL TREND OF INFLATION.” “MARKET PRICES REFLECT THE CONFIDENCE OF THE MARKET THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE PRICE STABILITY. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE MARKET IS RIGHT." WALSH SUBSEQUENTLY STATED THAT, IN A SITUATION WHERE INFLATION WAS ABOVE 2 PER CENT, THE FED'S “CURRENT PRIMARY FOCUS SHOULD BE ON PRICES”. THIS MUCH-AWAITED SPEECH BY WALSH COMES AT A TIME OF CRITICISM OF ITS STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. ECONOMISTS AND MARKET PARTICIPANTS ARGUE THAT THIS STRATEGY LACKS A CLEAR ARTICULATION OF THE OUTLOOK FOR ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HIS SPEECH APPEARED TO RESPOND TO THOSE CONCERNS, AND HE HAD MORE IN-DEPTHLY ARTICULATED HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE FED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THAN EVER BEFORE. HE SAID, “LET US BE EQUALLY CLEAR ON ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE GOAL: PRICE STABILITY WILL NOT BE AUTOMATIC AND INFLATION WILL NOT NECESSARILY RETURN ON ITS OWN. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FED TO ACHIEVE PRICE STABILITY. “IT IS EXPECTED THAT WALSH WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CENTRAL BANK OFFICIALS AND ECONOMISTS ON THE GROUND. KIM XIAN

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Capital B has completed funding of Euro21 million and plans to maintain 270 additional BTCs

France's Bitcoin Treasury, Capital B, has completed 21 million euros in financing, and investors, including Adam Back and TOBAM, have raised a net amount of €900,000 for the Bitcoin reserve, and it is expected that 270 BTCs will be available to increase the total holding stock to 3415, with additional financing of about €136 million if the full shareholding rights are recognized。

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