Bitcoin nears $60,000 as Fed signals easing inflation risks

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Bitcoin nears $60,000 on Fed signals

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Bitcoin rises over 2% to trade near $60,000 after Fed's Warsh signals easing inflation risks and commitment to 2% target at ECB forum.
Warsh highlights AI-driven capital expenditure may eventually boost U.S. productive capacity, with potential significant implications for monetary policy.
Central bankers including Lagarde and Warsh advocate moving away from explicit forward guidance, preferring a flexible framework-based communication approach.

Fed remarks lift bitcoin sentiment

As reported by CoinDesk, bitcoin is trading back near $60,000 on Wednesday after Warsh says inflation risks have come down while the Federal Reserve remains committed to its 2% inflation target.

Speaking at the European Central Bank's annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh declines to give guidance on the Fed's next interest-rate decision and says policymakers will debate incoming data at their meeting in four weeks. He says the central bank is focused on delivering price stability in the U.S., warning that anyone expecting tolerance for inflation above 2% will be disappointed.

Bitcoin pares earlier losses to trade around the $60,000 level, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk Data.

AI investment and policy signals in focus

Warsh also points to artificial intelligence as a force that could reshape the U.S. economy. He says the current AI boom is driving capital expenditure on the demand side, but he expects those investments to eventually expand the supply side of the economy.

Unlike earlier periods marked by financial engineering such as share buybacks, companies are now investing because they expect AI to raise productive capacity, Warsh says. If that expansion materializes, he says it could have major implications for monetary policy, although he adds it is still too early to make that judgment.

The panel, which also includes European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, broadly agrees that central banks should move away from explicit forward guidance. Lagarde says she prefers a framework-based approach that explains how decisions are made without signaling a fixed rate path, while Warsh says policymakers should drop communication tools that make it harder to set policy correctly.

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