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MNI BRIEF: Fed's Kashkari Favors Wait And See Policy Approach

“We probably need to sit here for a while longer," says Minneapolis Fed President.

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The Federal Reserve should keep monetary policy on hold for now given uncertainty about how tight policy actually is and against a backdrop of inflation that has fallen from its peaks but is still too high, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday.

“We probably need to sit here for a while longer until we figure out where underlying inflation is headed before we jump to any conclusions,” Kashkari said during a fireside chat in North Dakota. “The big question on my mind is how restrictive is policy now? It seems like there’s more resilience in the economy than I had expected.” (See MNI INTERVIEW: Demand Boom Keeps Fed Patient For Longer-Koenig)

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The Federal Reserve should keep monetary policy on hold for now given uncertainty about how tight policy actually is and against a backdrop of inflation that has fallen from its peaks but is still too high, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday.

“We probably need to sit here for a while longer until we figure out where underlying inflation is headed before we jump to any conclusions,” Kashkari said during a fireside chat in North Dakota. “The big question on my mind is how restrictive is policy now? It seems like there’s more resilience in the economy than I had expected.” (See MNI INTERVIEW: Demand Boom Keeps Fed Patient For Longer-Koenig)