• US needs inflation much closer to 2% inflation for Fed lift-off
  • Fed is “open-minded” about how things are proceeding
  • highly accommodative policy is appropriate well into 2015
  • 3% US growth may be benchmark for judging improvement
  • expects 3-4% growth in US for Q2,Q3,Q4

Dove Evans firmly in the belief still that there is no need to rush interest rate rises