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Fed has 'clear path' to achieving goals without recession, Collins says

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."