Fed's Lacker: Not clear inflation is moderating
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FREDERICK, Maryland  - Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday that figures on inflation excluding food and energy prices have fluctuated, and it is hard to say if 'core' inflation is on a downward path.
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Data released on Friday showed the   U.S. economy slowing with inflation in check last month,   providing further support for the Federal Reserve to hold   interest rates steady when it meets next week.
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CHARLOTTE, NC, (CBS.MW) -- The US economy should be on a solid growth track in 2005 with low inflation, said Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve.
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Inflation in May outside of food and  energy posted its slowest annual gain in three years,  suggesting the Federal Reserve is making progress in fighting  inflation.
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Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn&#39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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Recent action by the Federal Reserve is likely to calm troubled  U.S. markets, but inflation remains a worry, a top U.S. central bank official said on Friday.
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More U.S. interest rate increases  lie ahead, but they would likely not need to be at a faster  pace because inflation is contained, Federal Reserve officials  said on Friday.
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Keeping inflation under control as the economy emerges from a yearlong sluggish spell is certain to be a matter of lively debate for Federal Reserve policymakers.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke looks set to tell Congress this week that the U.S.  economy is sound, but that the central bank is still concerned  that inflation, while moderating, may not fully come to heel.
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There is a risk inflation will   become entrenched and an unfolding economic slowdown might not   be enough to bring it down quickly, Richmond Federal Reserve   Bank President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday.
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Federal Reserve chief offers insights into conditions strained by housing and credit crises.
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Possible differences on Federal Reserve  monetary policy emerged on Tuesday when two regional Fed  presidents downplayed the risk of inflation while a third urged  greater vigilance against rising prices.
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The vice chairman of the Federal Reserve said inflation trends seemed to be shifting Âfrom up to down,Â while risks were still Âtilted to the upside.Â
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But even if inflation remains low, the Fed may have to raise interest rates more often than the market expects, Lacker told the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
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Plainly spelling out the risks, Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week that inflation remained Âuncomfortably high.Â
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee  - St. Louis Federal   Reserve Bank President William Poole said on Friday that   inflation must be kept under wraps, but if both growth and   price pressures were sufficiently weak, he would back a   reduction in U.S. interest rates.
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Richmond Federal Reserve Bank   President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday there is a risk of   inflation becoming entrenched and that an unfolding economic   slowdown might not be enough to bring inflation down quickly.