speeches · May 28, 2018
Regional President Speech
James Bullard · President
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A Cautionary Note on U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization | James Bullard | St. Louis Fed
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A Cautionary Note on U.S. Monetary Policy
Normalization
May 29, 2018
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Speaking in Tokyo, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discussed three reasons why caution
may be justified in deciding whether to raise the U.S. policy rate (the fed funds rate target)
further in the near term. First, market-based inflation expectations in the U.S. remain
somewhat low. Second, the current level of the policy rate appears to be neutral, meaning it is
putting neither upward nor downward pressure on inflation. Third, the U.S. nominal yield
curve could invert later this year or in 2019, which would be a bearish signal for U.S.
macroeconomic prospects, he said.
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James Bullard (2018, May 28). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20180529_james_bullard
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@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_20180529_james_bullard,
author = {James Bullard},
title = {Regional President Speech},
year = {2018},
month = {May},
howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20180529_james_bullard},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}