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Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins on Thursday expressed confidence the U.S. central bank will be able to bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and signaled her support for starting interest rate cuts next month. "I think there's a clear path to achieving our goals without an unneeded downturn, and with a labor market that continues to be healthy," Collins said in an interview with Reuters in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where global central bankers are gathering for the Kansas City Fed's annual economic symposium. "The importance of preserving the healthy labor market as we continue to bring inflation down is one of the reasons why the timing seems appropriate to me to begin easing."

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said Thursday he was on board with a September rate cut as long as the data performs as he expects it to, and cautioned that it's better to focus on the prospect of a steady course of easing rather than on the size of a given policy action. When it comes to an imminent move down in the cost of short-term borrowing, “for me, barring any surprise in the data we'll get between now and then, I think we need to start this process” of lowering rates, Harker said in an interview with Reuters as he attends the Kansas City Fed’s annual research conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Harker said the size of any given move was less important than how the overall scope of cuts plays out, noting “I think a slow, methodical approach down is the right way to go.”

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Debate on how quickly the labor market is cooling remains at the center of the discussion surrounding Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers on Thursday lined up in support of U.S. interest-rate cuts starting next month now that inflation is well down from its highs and the U.S. labor market is cooling, though one signaled he is in no rush to ease policy. "For me, barring any surprise in the data we'll get between now and then, I think we need to start this process” of lowering rates, Philadephia Fed Bank President Patrick Harker said in an interview with Reuters. “I think a slow, methodical approach down is the right way to go.”