Susan Collins

Yes, to the best of my knowledge, we have a full count of the expended weapons.

I would want to double check to make sure we have that accurately.

You are literally saying it.

Boston Fed President Susan Collins says she agrees with her three colleagues who dissented at last week's Fed meeting.

My preference also would have been to adjust the statement to not be as closely aligned with language that has been associated with the presumption that the next move will be a cut.

My preference also would have been to adjust the statement to not be as closely aligned with language that has been associated with the presumption that the next move will be a

My kind of modal outlook would be that we're likely to remain paused for a longer time period.

with further easing further down the road.

My preference also would have been to adjust the statement to not be as closely aligned with language that has been associated with the presumption that the next move will be a

It is so important that we do so because looming is a government shutdown, another harmful, unnecessary, and disastrous government shutdown if we do not complete our work.

Well, there's a lot going on with this meeting, I will say, and delighted to be here with you.

The Framework Review, which we will hear more about, very complicated context, obviously, and I'd love to tell you a little bit about how I'm seeing economic conditions in the outlooks.

Well, this is a time when you need to be looking at the balance.

You need to be looking at all of it.

And, you know, growth has been slowing recently.

But at the same time, overall economic fundamentals are relatively solid.

And that's a context in which it's not surprising to see the indicators being mixed.

Some are stronger and some are a bit weaker.

So you've got to look at the whole picture and not focus too much on any one or two specific indicators.

Well, so you do have to be thinking about all of it.