Fed Faces Inflation Target Debate as PCE Hits 3.7%

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The Federal Reserve's 2% inflation target is under scrutiny as economists split over whether to accept a higher floor, with July PCE running at 3.7% year over year. At Jackson Hole, Jason Furman argued that labor-market pressures have faded, while Allison Schrager warned that being above target is itself a credibility problem. Steve Liesman noted that some committee members find 2.5% unacceptable, and daily tariff announcements make the one-off price-shock framing hard to defend. The Fed funds upper bound sits at 3.75%, and the 10-year Treasury yields 4.70%. If the Fed accepts a higher inflation floor, long rates likely stay elevated, pressuring stocks, while pressing toward 2% would slow growth. The debate centers on which cost the Fed is willing to bear, with tariffs potentially baking higher prices into expectations and threatening the anchor.

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