Dallas Fed head Robert Kaplan speaks to Bloomberg TV

  • Fed should move deliberately
  • 3 rate hikes is appropriate for 2018
  • US is a "long way" from yield curve inversion
  • Says he watches out for credit spreads
  • Keeping central bank independence is critical
  • Will remain vigilant on financial conditions
  • So-called normalisation is going to be very challenging
  • Letting balance sheet run off is effective

Continuing from his earlier comments here. Again, nothing new from Kaplan so far. Generic and repetitive comments mostly - once again reiterating that the base case is for three rate hikes this year.