Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is taking a more cautious approach to the effects of President Trump’s tariff increases than it did in 2019 because recent increases in tariff rates are much larger and because the economy is coming off a period of much higher inflation.

The Federal Reserve is not cutting interest rates yet because there is a possible inflation spike on the horizon. Until the central bank can see exactly how it will play out, interest rates will remain where they are,

Are worries about inflation caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods overblown? Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller believes so. He also thinks the central bank has the leeway to cut interest rates as soon as next month.