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Fed's Bowman signals she may pay more attention to job market in policy debates

Bowman was responding to research presented at a conference examining how the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee's monetary policy influences economic activity. "Although the FOMC has been focused on lowering inflation in the past few years, as we continue to make progress on approaching our 2% target, I expect that the labor market and economic activity will become a larger factor in the FOMC's policy discussions," Bowman said in remarks prepared for delivery at a monetary policy forum organized by the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business in New York City.