FOMC and the elections: the Fed can move in coming months FOMC and the elections: the Fed can move in coming months if it judges action is necessary. Yellen said the Fed is very focused on assessing the economic outlook without taking politics into account. If incoming data over coming months is strong enough to warrant a hike, the markets should not be surprised. She hasn't seen any significant surprises in inflation, it's largely behaving as she's expected. The Fed monitors both actual inflation and inflation expectations in order to assess the overall outlook
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