• Philadelphia Fed President Harker: Inflation has softened by weakness may be transitory

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6 May 2019

Philadelphia Fed President Harker: Inflation has softened by weakness may be transitory

  • Sees U.S. GDP growth a bit above 2% this year
  • Sees unemployment falling to 3.5% before edging higher
  • Q1 GDP was a "pleasant surprise" but possible that weakness will show up in Q2
  • Says has not revised his medium-term inflation forecast
  • Repeats that he sees one rate hike at most this year and possibly one more in 2020
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