
Federal Reserve policymakers finally acknowledge the increasing risk of more persistent inflation in months ahead and thus the word transitory has been eliminated from the inflation forecasts.

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, the Republican who has just been entrusted by President Joseph Biden for another term in office, Tuesday told Congress inflation might be here to stay a while longer, in the face of the Omicron C19 variant.

US President Joseph Biden has announced he wanted Republican lawyer Jerome Powell to stay at the helm of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) for a second four-year term.

Wall Street climbed on Friday while S&P and Nasdaq reached new historic highs for the fourth time in the week following on statements from Fed chairman Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole symposium when he anticipated a moderate, non-aggressive calendar reduction in the purchase of bonds.

The United States Federal Reserve could begin withdrawing economic stimuli sometime in the next four months and advances of such a program could be anticipated this week at the Jackson Hole central bankers meeting 26/27 August.

The United States Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, close to zero, despite an inflation spike during June when it soared to an annual 5,4%, its highest in thirteen years.

With U.S. Federal Reserve officials including Chair Jerome Powell reaffirming that tighter monetary policy was still some way off, the US dollar slipped against major peers on Wednesday.

The US dollar kept its downward trend against the Uruguayan peso Friday, closing at US $ 1 = UR $ 43.8 for interbank operations, it was reported. In Brazil, the exchange rate fell 0.7% Friday and stood at 5.44 R$ per dollar.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply ramped up its expectations for economic growth but indicated that there are no interest rate hikes likely through 2023 despite an improving outlook and a turn this year to higher inflation.

The International Monetary Fund said more public spending will be needed to complete the economic recovery from coronavirus, joining central bankers and finance leaders who are urging governments to set aside fears about mounting debt for now.