Keep pulling the thread on Susan Collins.
At their most recent meeting, Federal Reserve policymakers voted 8-to-4 to hold interest rates steady.
The recent 8-to-4 vote by the Federal Open Market Committee represents the most dissent among its members since 1992.
Susan Collins predicts that U.S. inflation will likely rise further in the near term before it begins to decline, even if the conflict in Iran is resolved soon.
Susan Collins estimates that U.S. core inflation will be around 3% by the end of the year.
Susan Collins is concerned about the Federal Reserve's credibility because it has missed its 2% inflation target for over five years.
Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh has publicly called for a "regime change" at the Federal Reserve and has proposed changes to its communication strategies, forward guidance, and inflation models.
The war in Iran is expected to have a lasting negative impact on the global economy.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has been struggling to return inflation to its 2% target.
The Federal Reserve has faced criticism from former President Donald Trump and scrutiny from the Department of Justice.
FOMC members Lori Logan, Beth Hammack, and Neil Kashkari dissented from the majority because they did not support including an easing bias in the policy statement.
Susan Collins of the Boston Fed was strongly supportive of the decision to leave interest rates unchanged at the most recent FOMC meeting.
Susan Collins of the Boston Fed would have preferred to adjust the FOMC statement to remove language that implied the next interest rate move would be a cut.