If you're waiting for the Federal Reserve to lower borrowing costs, don't hold your breath. Out of the multiple Federal Reserve officials who spoke Friday, none sounded in a big hurry to cut the central bank's benchmark interest rate.

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies will likely lift inflation, lower growth, and raise unemployment later this year, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said, leaving policymakers with a potentially tricky decision on which problem to fight.