Economy News Fed S Bostic Economy Returning To Normal Faster Than Expected So Policy Should As Well

The economy muddled along during the shutdown, the Fed found. Is another rate cut on tap?

Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late. Read More

Atlanta Fed’s Bostic: ‘I see little to suggest that price pressures will dissipate before mid- to late 2026’

Inflation continues to pose the most urgent risk to economic stability despite shifts in the labor market, according to Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Read More

A Hawkish Fed Official Is Rethinking His Stance on Rate Cuts

Raphael Bostic has spent most of 2025 as one of the Federal Reserve’s most steadfast inflation hawks. The Atlanta Fed president projected just one interest rate cut for the year when most of his ... Read More

Bostic announces retirement amid Trump push for more influence over Fed

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic, the first Black and openly gay person to lead one of the U.S. central bank's 12 regional banks, said on Wednesday he will retire at the end of his ... Read More

Atlanta Fed's Bostic to Retire; How Economists Are Dealing With the Data Drought

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said he would retire when his current five-year term expires at the end of next February. His decision to retire now comes as the Fed's seven-member board in ... Read More

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic to retire, giving Trump chance for more influence

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic, the first black and openly gay person to lead one of the central bank’s 12 regional banks, said on Wednesday he will retire at the end of his current ... Read More