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Fed’s Bullard: rates too low for too long could be risky

U.S. interest rates being kept too low for too long could cause financial instability in future and stronger market expectations for a rate rise are “probably good”, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Monday. A relatively tight labor market in the United States may also exert upward pressure on inflation, raising the case for higher interest rates, Bullard added. “I do worry that keeping rates too low for too long could feed into future financial instability even if it…

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Fed’s Bullard: rates too low for too long could be risky

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In switch, Bullard warns against rate hikes, suggesting Fed’s direction

One of the U.S. Federal Reserve's most prominent advocates of higher interest rates on Wednesday declared it “unwise” to move any further in light of weak inflation and global volatility, suggesting the Fed is stepping further away from plans to continue to hike rates. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard argued steadily last year for the U.S. central bank to tighten policy and sounded alarms over the risk that continued low…

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In switch, Bullard warns against rate hikes, suggesting Fed’s direction