dissent

There remains dissent among the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee about the need to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Since the beginning of the central bank’s modern era about 50 years ago, it has been extraordinarily rare for a sitting Fed chair to dissent on a decision on interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

But a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge pro-democracy protests has stymied dissent in the financial hub.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Though the exhibition intended to grapple with Galliano’s fall from grace and create a necessary dialogue about the limitations of artistic reverence, the dissent was too strong.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Justice Stevens noted the trend in a powerful dissent issued in California v.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

It was the most dissents in a decade at a normally unified Fed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Hammack and Logan previously signaled their eagerness to lean against inflation with rate increases at the July meeting, so their dissents were broadly expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

On a decision to hold rates, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh will likely face 2-4 dissents, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

"I don't expect a rate hike, but I do expect dissents," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

But if one person dissents from this motion, ballots must be passed and the vote taken with them.

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While the vote to hold steady in June was unanimous, three officials dissented in July for an increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Three officials dissented in favor of raising rates, and others have since said they could join them if inflation doesn’t improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

At the July meeting, nine top Fed officials were in the hold camp and three dissented in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the committee's last meeting in July, three regional Fed presidents dissented from the decision to hold rates steady, calling for an immediate 0.25 percentage-point hike to tackle inflation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Outstanding people left because the atmosphere at the Radiation Laboratory. . . did not make people who dissented feel they were welcome,” observed David Saxon, the future university president.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The motion was approved on a 10-3 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting, with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez dissenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The dissenting group, it’s my privilege and headache to divulge, consists of the three featured players themselves, two female, one male.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger