In determining whether it will be appropriate to raise the target range at its next meeting, the committee will assess progress - both realized and expected - toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation. The Fed More Quotes by The Fed More Quotes From The Fed Outlooks generally remained positive with some contacts expecting the current pace of growth to continue into next year. The Fed business Over the first half of this year, overall economic activity appears to have expanded at a solid pace. The Fed business Concerns include material weaknesses in the firm's data capabilities and controls supporting its capital planning process, as well as weaknesses in its approaches and assumptions used to forecast revenues and losses under stress. The Fed top-news The labor market has continued to strengthen ... economic activity has been rising at a solid rate, household spending has picked up while business fixed investment has continued to grow strongly. The Fed business Most participants judged that if incoming information broadly confirmed their current economic outlook, it would likely soon be appropriate ... to take another step in removing policy accommodation. The Fed top-news Prices of CRE (Commercial Real Estate) have continued to advance at a rapid clip amid slowing rent growth and rising interest rates, though there are signs of tightening credit conditions in CRE markets, in derivatives markets, investor compensation for bearing near-term volatility risk has remained low, suggesting a sustained investor risk appetite. The Fed business Tight labor markets were widely noted in most districts. The Fed top-news The committee continues to closely monitor inflation indicators and global economic and financial developments. The Fed top-news In adjusting the scenarios for our yearly stress testing program, we strive to assess the resilience of the nation’s largest banks in a variety of potential adverse environments, it is important that the tests not be too predictable from year to year. The Fed business The committee is closely monitoring global economic and financial developments and is assessing their implications for the labor market and inflation. The Fed top-news The Committee judges that there has been considerable improvement in labor market conditions this year, and it is reasonably confident that inflation will rise over the medium term to its 2 percent objective. The Fed top-news In light of the current shortfall of inflation from 2 percent, the Committee will carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward its inflation goal. The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate. The Fed top-news Economic activity has been expanding moderately, the pace of job gains picked up while the unemployment rate remained steady. On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources diminished somewhat. The Fed top-news Thirty-one percent of non-retirees have no retirement savings or pension, including nearly a quarter of those older than 45, even among individuals who are saving, fewer than half of adults with self-directed retirement savings are mostly or very confident in their ability to make the right investment decisions when managing their retirement savings. The Fed us-news The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium term. The Fed company-news In its evaluation, the Federal Reserve identified numerous and significant deficiencies across Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation's risk-identification, measurement, and aggregation processes; approaches to loss and revenue projection; and internal controls. The Fed business Overall demand for energy-related products and services weakened. The Fed energy
