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Federal Reserve's Barkin: Inflation is falling back towards its 2% target

The Federal Reserve's Barkin said that inflation is falling back towards its 2% target and can see a possible path for inflation to firm up or continue to progress towards the target. He was encouraged by the unemployment rate in December, and the current job market appears to have stabilized. There is not much evidence to support the claim that the economy is weakening.