Dudley in the FT

  • There are arguments for hiking or waiting
  • Financial conditions are very accommodative
  • "Three rate hikes in 2018 seems a very reasonable type of forecast" ... it could move
  • "We haven't really seen much of an acceleration" in wages
  • To the extent the dollar were to weaken that would probably create a little bit more upward pressure on import goods prices
  • I think Chair Powell will be on the same page as Chair Yellen
  • It is not an unreasonable assumption to think Fed will hike in March

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These are hawkish comments but Dudley is retiring soon.