Governor of the Federal Reserve Stephen Miran takes out the decision of the Agency to unpack the interest rates, the state of the American economy and more about ‘Kudlow’.
Newly confirmed governor of the Federal Reserve Stephen Miran defended his position on Friday about the willing of an interest rate reduction of 50 points in contrast to 25 points.
“For example, lower immigration. My opinion is that the supply of housing only adapts very slowly, and if you throw millions of new residents, millions of immigrant dwellers, in a relatively fixed stock of housing, you get a lot of shelter inflation, the rents are higher. Desinflationalary, and it is in the pipeline.”
Miran also took the exception to those who say that rates are inflatoire.
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Stephen Miran was confirmed on 15 September to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
“I see no evidence that there has been inflation of rates,” he said. “For me, if I were looking for evidence of rates inflation, I would think that import intensive core products would blow up more than general core products, which is not the case.”
President Donald Trump Tapped Miran, who previously led the White House Council of Economic Advisors, on 7 August to fill the seat that was abandoned by the Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler, who resigned in August. Miran will finish the rest of Kugler’s term, which ends on January 31, 2026.
Miran told the legislators during his nomination hearing on 4 September that he would take unpaid leave of his position of the White House while he serves on the FED board of directors.
President Donald Trump tapped Miran to fill the seat that was abandoned by the governor of the Federal Reserve Adriana Kugler. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / Getty images)
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Miran also said that he has a positive view of the economy for the rest of the year.
“Look, I mean, I think the first half of the year was not as strong as I had hoped, but as I said, I think much of it was due to uncertainty,” Miran said.
Miran also said that he has a positive view of the economy for the rest of the year. (Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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“We had uncertainty that we might have the largest tax increase in history,” he added. “We had uncertainty because we had a huge change in trade policy. That uncertainty disappeared, anyway? The tax assessment was recently adopted by the congress that this major tax increase was avoided. In general, trade agreements are concluded with most of our important trading partners. That uncertainty has disappeared, so I expect that the second half of the year is better.”
