- St. Louis Fed President Bullard: We're in much stronger position with respect to reopening and inflation has come along with it
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21 June 2021
St. Louis Fed President Bullard: We're in much stronger position with respect to reopening and inflation has come along with it
- Says he sees 2022 core PCE inflation at 2.5%
- We need to be ready for upside risks to inflation
- We need to be ready to react on both side of that and stay nimble
- The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming that this is very tight labor market
- We're going to give plenty of leeway for the labor market to improve
- There doesn't seem to be much doubt about inflation being above target in 2021; question is how quickly will that dissipate
- The debate is where does the monetary policy have to be to get the gentle glide back to 2% inflation
- Part of the debate is the question of what it means to have inflation above 2% for some time
- The low-rate and low inflation era is not ending any time soon
- On hike in reverse repos, this was largely a technical move to keep rates within our band
- The tapering debate is open
- This is not an environment where tapering could be put on automatic pilot
- Fed will need to be ready to make adjustments to tapering
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