#FOMCMeeting Official Federal Reserve officials have been in a communication "blackout" over the past week leading up to the meeting, but before they went silent, members of the Federal Open Market Committee stated that they wanted to see how the economy would respond to Trump's tariffs before taking any policy actions.

Tariffs pose a double threat to the Federal Reserve's dual mandate of maintaining low inflation and high employment: not only can import taxes raise prices, but they can also harm the economy, potentially increasing unemployment. If inflation proves to be a greater threat, the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates high for a long time, or alternatively, may lower rates to save the economy if the labor market begins to collapse.