Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker

  • Full impact of monetary policy actions can take 18 months to be felt
  • Already seeing promising signs that the Fed's actions are working
  • Fed to determine 'what, if any,' additional actions may be needed by looking closely at data
  • Fed is fully committed to 2% inflation
  • 'disappointing' that recent readings show disinflation is proceeding slowly
  • US banking system is sound and resilient

Headlines via Reuters from Harker's remarks prepared for delivery to the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation.

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Fed officials have been thick on the ground the past few hours:

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