Lorie Logan, the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, is taking the stage in El Paso, Texas, on June 3 as part of her “Listening in 360” tour. Under normal circumstances, a regional Fed president chatting with a university president might not move markets. These are not normal circumstances.
Logan is a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2026, and she’s been making noise. She dissented from the FOMC’s May 1 statement, which had signaled a potential interest rate cut was on the horizon. Her vote was a clear signal: she thinks the Fed should keep policy tight, not ease up.
The hawkish case builds
The Federal Reserve’s current target range for interest rates sits at 3.5%-3.75%. Back on February 10, she described the Fed’s rate stance as “well positioned” given persistent inflation and a cooling labor market. Logan has hinted that the Fed might need to raise rates later this year to address rising inflation indicators.
Just a week before this El Paso appearance, she delivered opening remarks at a Bank of Japan monetary policy conference on May 27. Logan’s El Paso remarks, a moderated discussion with University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson, will cover her role, her FOMC voting membership, and the economic outlook.
