Warsh: Will not pre-judge future interest rate decisions, did not disclose whether to continue raising rates in October

BlockBeats news, October 16 — Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said on Friday that he would not prejudge interest rate decisions, nor did he reveal whether the Fed would continue raising rates at its October 27-28 monetary policy meeting or keep short-term rates unchanged as markets expect.

Speaking at the 2026 IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Warsh said that when the Fed raised rates in September, it "made it very clear that we will achieve price stability and have withdrawn a degree of monetary policy accommodation."

He emphasized: "I will not prejudge the decision of any meeting. I think it is not appropriate now to signal in advance what actions one might take at the remaining meetings this year."