Regional President Speech

Search Site Home > James Bullard, President and CEO > James Bullard - Speeches, Presentations and Commentary > Does Low In ation Justify a Zero Policy Rate? From the President Key Policy Papers Speeches, Presentations and Commentary Research Papers Media Interviews November 14, 2014 St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discussed whether current macroeconomic data can rationalize the exceptionally low setting for the policy rate. During an event in St. Louis, he said that in ation at the current level is not enough to justify remaining at the zero lower bound. He added that low in ation can justify a policy rate somewhat lower than normal, but not zero. Presentation (pdf) | Press Release Related News Articles: Bullard Says Low In ation Doesn't Justify Zero Rates, by Steve Matthews, Bloomberg. Fed's Bullard Still Wants Fed Rate Rise in Late First Quarter 2015, by Michael S. Derby and Rebecca Boyle, Dow Jones. St. Louis Fed's Bullard: Sees 1Q 2015 As Best Time For Liftoff, by David Nicklaus, Market News International. Fed's Bullard says U.S. in ation fails to justify nearzero rates, by Michael Flaherty, Reuters. Fed's Bullard says sticking to interest rate and in ation forecasts, by Michael Flaherty, Reuters. Fed's Bullard continues push for interest rate hike, by Greg Edwards, St. Louis Business Journal. Low in ation shouldn't delay rate liftoff, Bullard argues, by David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. GENERAL Home About Us Bank Supervision Careers Community Development Economic Education James Bullard President and Chief Executive O cer Bio Curriculum Vitae Staff Contacts IDEAS/RePEc Pro le Photos Videos Subscribe: Email alerts RSS "Rationally, let it be said in a whisper, experience is certainly worth more than theory." Amerigo Vespucci Events Inside the Economy Museum Newsroom On the Economy Blog Open Vault Blog OUR DISTRICT Little Rock Branch Louisville Branch Memphis Branch Agricultural Finance Monitor Housing Market Conditions SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bridges Economic Synopses Housing Market Perspectives In the Balance Page One Economics The Quarterly Debt Monitor Review Regional Economist ST. LOUIS FED PRESIDENT James Bullard's Website INITIATIVES Center for Household Financial Stability Dialogue with the Fed Federal Banking Regulations FOMC Speak In Plain English - Making Sense of the Federal Reserve Timely Topics Podcasts and Videos DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICES CASSIDI® FRASER® FRED® FRED® Blog GeoFRED® IDEAS FOLLOW THE FED Twitter Facebook YouTube Google Plus Email Subscriptions RSS CONTACT US | LEGAL INFORMATION | PRIVACY NOTICE & POLICY | FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ONLINE 

James Bullard (2014, November 13). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20141114_james_bullard

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  author = {James Bullard},
  title = {Regional President Speech},
  year = {2014},
  month = {Nov},
  howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20141114_james_bullard},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}