Fed's Kashkari: Fed's policy tightening has led to low inflation

Key highlights (via LiveSquawk) from the essay titled "My Take on Inflation" by Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari:

  • Fed's policy tightening has led to low inflation
  • Fed should proceed with caution before tightening policy further
  • Prefers Fed not raise rates until core PCE inflation reaches 2%
  • Job growth, wage growth, inflation weaker than would have been had Fed not raised rates
  • Labor market slack, falling inflation expectations are causing persistently low inflation
  • Allowing inflation expectations to slip give Fed less room to respond to future economic downturn

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