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The Federal Reserve should use front-loaded interest-rate hikes to at least a neutral range because the risks of unanchored inflation expectations far exceed derailing a strong economic rebound, Chicago President Charles Evans said Tuesday.
The benchmark rate could rise "expeditiously" to at least a neutral range of 2.25%-2.5% and may need to go further if inflation remains stubborn, he said in the text of a speech to the Money Marketeers of New York University. Evans said this month's 50bp hike was consistent with the need to curb inflation, without saying whether going 75bps was an option for the next decision.
"Front-loading is important to speed up the necessary tightening of financial conditions, as well as for demonstrating our commitment to restrain inflation, thus helping to keep inflationary expectations in check," he said. "After front-loading our initial tightening, I am hopeful we can transition to a more measured pace of rate increases."
The economy has "a good foundation for further solid growth" even after GDP shrank in the first quarter, Evans said. The decline was tied to inventories and net exports while underlying household and business spending was robust, he said.
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America's job market "is downright tight" and "the risks to our employment mandate of moving expeditiously seem modest," he said.
Inflation on the other hand remains too broad and "much to high to ignore," he said. In a scenario where prices of autos, household appliances and hotel stays that have been volatile through the pandemic remained flat over the next year, core CPI would slow to about 3.5%, he said.
"Policy also needs to act to keep longer-run inflation expectations in check; inflation will be much more difficult to bring down if households and businesses start thinking current outsized increases in wages and prices are the new norm," Evans said.
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