On Sunday, Chris Waller, Federal Reserve Governor re-iterated that he thought the Fed isn’t done with its hawkishness.
Chris Waller commented on Sunday there is a long, long way to go to reduce inflation. Rates are going keep going up and they are going to remain high for a while until we see this inflation get down closer to our target.”
That target is somewhere close to 2% rather than the latest read of 7.7%. He also highlighted that last Thursday’s softish US CPI number was only one data point. Several of his fellow board members have made this observation previously.
Then on Monday, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard hinted that a slowdown in the Fed’s hiking program might need to slow at some time soon.
Japan’s GDP per capita was USD 42,940 through 2021 against USD 69,288 for the United States. Today’s data represents a bumpy road of growth for the island nation.