Federal Reserve St. Louis head James Bullard on Bloomberg TV

  • Trade talks creating more uncertainty in economy
  • Difficult to see if too much will change after the talks
  • Rise of euro-skeptic parties in Italy is an issue
  • not at crisis levels with problems in Italy
  • Fed already at neutral interest rate … need to be careful about turing to restrictive mode
  • Inflation would need to surprise to the upside for hikes
  • risk of yield curve inversion must be taken seriously

more to come

ps. these are Bullard's own views, K?

Part of the conditions on speaking as a Fed President is speaking on your own views and not those of others at the FOMC/Fed