21 February 2019
Fed's Bullard: Rate hikes, balance sheet reduction "coming to an end"
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard told CNBC in a "Squawk Box" interview on Thursday:
- Fed is in a very good place, no urgency to act
- Rates are "a bit tight" right now
- Balance sheet decision to hopefully come in "next couple of meetings"
- Getting the right level of reserves means a bigger balance sheet
- Rates are high in comparison to the global environment we're in
- Says that he argued against a December rate hike
- Says "I felt like we went too far" with December decision
- Fed might miss 2% inflation target again this year
- Fed could re-center inflation expectations around 2%