Fed’s Evans (dove, voter): explains dissent from Dec FOMC rate hike

by | December 15th, 2017, 15:08:40 | Fed

US Federal Reserve

Inflation is too low and has been so for quite some time

  •  Real activity in the U.S. is on a solid footing, which by itself would support a further adjustment in policy.
  • Inflation, however, is too low and has been so for quite some time.
  • I am concerned that persistent factors are holding down inflation, rather than idiosyncratic transitory ones
  • Such a pause in the policy normalization process also would have better allowed the Committee time to assess the progress of incoming inflation data
  • Hopefully, it will turn out to be the case that the inflation decline was largely transitory and that a gradual pace of rate increases can eventually take place in a context that delivers greater confidence that inflation will reach 2 percent over the medium term.

the link to the speech

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