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16 Jun 2017
Fed's Kaplan: Fed should be very cautious, patient in raising rates further
Speaking at a Q&A event, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said that the Fed should be very cautious and patient in raising rates further.
Key quotes (via Reuters):
- I see rebound in economic growth for rest of year
- Inflation is very muted right now, some of it is maybe idiosyncratic
- Biggest headwind to U.S. growth is demographic; need to 'come to grips' with immigration
- One solution to slow U.S. growth is more integration with the rest of the world
- Running a trade deficit with Mexico strengthens U.S. economy, boost jobs
- Pretty darn close to full employment
- We've been surprised at how muted inflation has been
- I need to see improvement in inflation
- Monetary policy accommodation 'isn't free'