US Fed could end reinvestment policy this year:
Fed's Bullard
Talking to reporters in Australia, St. Louis
Federal Reserve President James Bullard said opinions differed within
the Fed on ending its balance sheet reinvestment policy and it would
take some time to agree on, but he felt it could start later in the
year.
The US Federal Reserve could begin winding down its massive
balance sheet sometime later this year in a shift that would make it
less necessary to raise the official funds rate, a central banker said
on Monday.
Talking to reporters in Australia, St. Louis Federal
Reserve President James Bullard said opinions differed within the Fed on
ending its balance sheet reinvestment policy and it would take some
time to agree on, but he felt it could start later in the year.
Bullard,
considered a policy dove by markets, said he favoured only one more
interest rate hike this year. He noted the March payroll report last
Friday was relatively weak and fitted in with his view that inflation
would not stray far from 2 percent.
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