Central Banks
Fed’s Inflation Hawks Bullard and Waller Among Key Officials to Watch
- Powell, Brainard, Williams are key to follow, say economists
- Bullard, Waller and Mester have also provided policy signals
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his top two lieutenants are watched by Wall Street for the most explicit communication on monetary policy, but leading hawks provide guidance that’s almost as important.
That’s according to a Bloomberg survey of economists who picked the chair and New York Fed President John Williams as the key voices to listen to, followed by Vice Chair Lael Brainard.