On Thursday, she will speak with participants at a forum for minority bankers run by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. One of the dissenters, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issued a statement on Friday. Scheduled to speak on Wednesday are the other two: Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Economists expect overall durable goods orders to have dropped by 1.4 percent last month, reversing the 4.4 percent gain in July. Excluding the volatile transportation category, durable goods orders are expected to decline by 0.4 percentage point.

Source: New York Times September 25, 2016 22:30 UTC