Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan stated that her concerns are growing about the time it will take for inflation to return to the Fed's 2% target. She explained her dissent regarding the wording in the latest policy statement, which suggested that the Fed's next policy move would most likely be an interest rate cut.

She said, "Conflicts in the Middle East could lead to persistent or recurring supply chain disruptions, thereby generating additional upward pressure on inflation."

At the final policy meeting chaired by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, three officials dissented against the central bank's latest policy statement, arguing that its stance was too dovish. They objected to retaining language indicating a bias toward easing in the Fed's policy statement. The other two dissenters were Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari.

Fed Governor Lisa Cook, who advocated for a rate cut, also dissented, supporting a 25-basis-point reduction.

Logan indicated that even before the recent conflict erupted, she believed the Fed's current interest rate policy stance was well-positioned to address various economic risks. This, she noted, signals that there is no urgent need to resume rate cuts.

Logan pointed out that, as shown in recent post-meeting statements, the Fed's forward guidance on the interest rate path is one of the central bank's core tools for managing the economy. She stated, "When the Federal Open Market Committee provides forward guidance on future interest rate movements, as in recent post-meeting statements, such guidance itself is an important policy tool."